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4 Jan 2022 2 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
Wow, 2021 was a very good year for the U.S. Mint. Gold coin sales reached over 1.25 million ounces, making it the best year since 2009 and a 48% increase year over year. January was their best month with 220,500 ounces sold of various denominations...
2 Jan 2022 6 minute read 4 comments SweptOverNiagara
For the past decade, silverbugs have steadfastly held on to their belief that silver would eventually climb to three digits and beyond. In all that time, silver experienced a few head fakes, including in the summer of 2020, when silver couldn't pass...
30 Dec 2021 3 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
Earlier today, I hopped in my car and threw in my guitar and drove around town and all around for about an hour or so and snapped some pictures of all the help wanted signs that have popped up just about everywhere as far as the eye can see. In all m...
27 Dec 2021 2 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
Here's a nice little chart from Kitco. Silver bounced almost fifty cents about 8:30 am in a sharp move upward, almost hitting $23.10 USD, then falling back below $23 before suddenly jumping back up above $23 spot. I searched the internet for clues as...
26 Dec 2021 5 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
Beginning in the early 90's, I developed a passion for collecting postage stamps and related items such as first day covers and commemorative sheets. This lasted for just a few years. Now, after 30 years have passed, I've rediscovered some of those s...
23 Dec 2021 4 minute read 2 comments SweptOverNiagara
Most people aren't aware that we actually have two North Poles. One is geograhic and the other is magnetic. Geographic True North Pole is in a fixed position. The magnetic North Pole ( also known as North Dip Pole) on the other hand, is not stationar...
18 Dec 2021 3 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
Silver and its yellow cousin gold took a beating a few weeks ago on Black Friday of which had the worst showing in 70 years. The bad news was quickly followed by the WHO's warning concerning the Omicron variant which caused panic right across the boa...
15 Dec 2021 5 minute read 1 comment SweptOverNiagara
I can recall in early spring 1978, going to the record shop to buy my very first record, a 45 RPM single by the band Styx. The song, of course was 'Come Sail Away'. It was a huge hit that winter (released Jan. '78). I had somehow scrounged up a whole...
13 Dec 2021 4 minute read 2 comments SweptOverNiagara
So far in the last 30 days, my blog 'The Brave New World' has gotten 4,266 views and I've gained several new subscribers. Surpassing 4,000 views was a great milestone for my blog and on top of that, got 73 thumbs ups versus 7 thumbs down. I've gotte...
11 Dec 2021 4 minute read 1 comment SweptOverNiagara
You may have heard the news on Wednesday about a car somehow getting into Niagara's rivers, ending up near the edge of the American Falls, followed by a dramatic recovery effort by the US Coast Guard Station Niagara. After police used a drone for clo...
