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This message is going out to the Silver Investor mailing list. We have had numerous requests to help people find a source for Silver Eagles. Miles Franklin was one of the highest rated dealers in our bullion sellers report and we are happy to let our readers know that Miles Franklin has over 100 sealed 2008 mint boxes that contain 500 one ounce Silver Eagles. Sincerely, David Morgan
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The June 2008 Morgan Report
By Silver Investor

Many notables in the Industry have stated we are nearing the end of a commodity bubble. It seemed to us that one of the best ways to get an accurate picture of what is taking place in the mining sector currently and for perhaps the next five years or so is to ascertain how much of a backlog there is for mining equipment. So this month we uncovered facts as to how large a backlog there is on a worldwide basis for mining equipment.
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When Everybody has Got the Blues
By Nick Nicolaas

Yes, when everybody has got the blues then - - - you have to start looking at the positives. This has not been a great time for the Juniors. For the past two years although commodity prices have steadily gone up, commodities were not a sexy item as far as the general public was concerned - - - but now the general public are starting to realize that commodities may very well be sexy.
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Finding the Sweet Spot-10 tips to Rational and Not-So-Rational Speculative Investing
By A. Paul Gill

I have been seriously investing since 1997 and I’ve had some good wins in Aber, Winspear, IMA Exploration and Wheaton River (now GoldCorp). Participating in the challenges of building three companies has also given me a lot of experience in evaluating companies. I have spoken and made presentations to many executives, investor relations specialists, analysts and investment advisors. Most importantly though, I listened to what they had to say.
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Is Silver the Sleeper?
By David Morgan

Last week in my first column for The International Business Times, I addressed the theoretical price of gold in U.S. dollar terms. This is a straightforward calculation based upon the M1 currency supply and the amount of gold the Treasury of the United States claims it owns. Naturally, putting your neck out for a gold price leads to the next logical question and that is, "What price will silver reach at its high point?" This question is much more difficult to answer, because silver is not considered to be money in any governments monetary base, either officially or unofficially.
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A Note from David Morgan of the Silver Investor
By David Morgan

What a time in the markets. Just returned last night from the biggest retail gold show in the world. My comment is simple, there is fear in the market place. Many "gold bugs" are fearful and not sure of the precious metals ability to do well in the future. During my workshop, I explained that all markets go through four phases of emotion. First there is pessimism, then skepticism, then optimism, and finally euphoria.
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Taking "the Skinny" to Deutschland
By David Morgan

I recently returned from Europe speaking on the merits of precious metals and in particular silver. About a month before I left for the three-city tour, which started in Munich Germany, my friends at http://www.silberinfo.com/ began diligently working on translating my book, "Get the Skinny on Silver Investing" into the German language. Norman Schwarze worked with a passion to accomplish the task of translation and for this I want to state fantastic job and the sincerest thank you Norman. Once I settled into the Hotel in Munich I was interviewed by the main German Financial newspaper about the world economy, the precious metals markets and this new book. This again was due to the efforts of Silberinfo.de.
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The Silver Investment Summit and Things Happening In England.
By Ellis Martin

I’ve been in England for almost a week now and one does get used to the weather, you know. At least I can breathe the air without choking from smog or smoke from the fires that prevailed in Southern California just recently I hear that it’s in the 70s there. Ah, nice. I have warm weather to return to as always. I’m more or less in the English countryside, about 30 or 45 minutes outside of London depending on traffic, so I guess I’m not that far out into the country. But, I am far enough to be completely away from noise of any sort. I arrived a few days ahead of the Silver Investment Summit where one of our client companies had a booth, Orko Silver trading on the Canadian Venture Exchange under the symbol, OK.V or on the OTC bulletin board with the symbol OKOFF. It’s been trading at volumes of between half a million and 1.5 million shares a day. The conference was small but seemingly effective for the exhibiting companies that wanted to attract both retail and new institutional investment. There were a large percentage of sophisticated investors. I interviewed our silver guru, David Morgan of the Morgan Report while there. The audio is up on the latest podcast online of The Opportunity Show.
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What happened in Vegas is not limited to Vegas
By By Ellis Martin

Last week Troy Duran and I attended the Las Vegas Hard Assets Conference at the Mandalay Bay resort. In fact, most us connected with the program were in attendance. That would include account executive, Theresa Padilla, producer Anthony Khalil and WCMS Newsletter writer and Opportunity Show co-host Victor Goncalves. We also met Victor’s much better-looking associate Robyn Lynn who was representing Victor at his WCMS booth at the show. She’s quite a bit taller than him and blonde, which there’s really no need for me to mention other than I harassed her quite a bit just for the heck of it. Hopefully the two of them won’t hold that against me. Robyn rented a Maserati Spider convertible for Victor in honor of his birthday (what about mine?). Victor offered me a ride in that vehicle after we all had dinner. After Karim Gangji received his spin around a few Las Vegas blocks, it was my turn. Victor broke the sound barrier with me. Never in my multiple decades long existence have I been in an automobile traveling at such speeds. Never.
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My trip to Peru was a trip indeed!
By Ellis Martin

About a week before the now infamous Peru earthquake, I was in Peru courtesy of our client company Grenville Gold Corporation (GVG.V). I was a guest of Grenville President Paul Gill and Chairman Len De Melt. Along with me on the trip were newsletter writer and analyst Leonard Melman, Geologist Brian Slim and Bob Moriarty. Our wonderful Peruvian driver and Grenville assistant Jeff Leopard was behind the wheel through much of our adventures, and I do mean adventures. I'm just now fully recovered from the trip after about three weeks and have gathered my thoughts to pen this article, although I wasn't there more than three fully days.

Needless to say, after seeing the four contiguous Grenville past producing mines, Silveria, Germania, Pacacocha and Milotingo, I became a Grenville shareholder without any hesitation, which is rare for me. Although we are paid purveyors of information on The Opportunity Show, I rarely take a position and I always take a fee for producing the program along with host Troy Duran. Yes, Grenville did renew their contract with us after being off the air for about 6 months, but I became a shareholder just before they returned on the air, before the deal was a deal again, before it had been discussed. I was excited. There was excitement with some of the men on the trip with me. Their properties were something to behold. I invested.
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