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To: Madharry who wrote (42565)	5/8/2011 12:35:38 PM
From: Spekulatius	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 78763

re Silver - it's all relative, imo. I am actually surprised that the margin requirements are as low as they are (7.43% of nominaL!) , even after the exchanges raised them. It looks like that raising the margin was more an excuse for decline in silver that the real cause. it's either that or the players are extremely high leveraged. Soros, it seems has reversed directions too and sold out or is even short gold. Maybe his back was starting to hurt again <g>. >> Even with the higher margin requirements, silver futures contracts allow a trader to make a highly leveraged investment. One silver futures contract is for 5,000 ounces worth $218,050 at yesterday's closing London Fix Price. The new higher margin requirement of $16,200 represent only 7.43% of the value of one silver futures contract. goldandsilverblog.com only 7.43% of the value of one silver futures contract <<.

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