Silver prices (and to a lesser extent, gold prices) have pulled back this morning, with silver dipping well below $25.

The key price levels to watch are the $2,080 all-time gold high and $26 silver. A breakout above these levels would be extremely bullish.

PacWest Bank is back in the news this morning with another 20% crash in its stock on news of a huge outflow of depositors.

Banks continue to play a risky game of chicken by keeping their deposit interest rates near zero.

Americans are seeing 4% rates available elsewhere, and they're yanking bank deposits – even from banks perceived to be safer.

Meanwhile, increasingly more Americans are choosing to hold some of their savings in real money, i.e. physical gold and silver. Money that has no default risk and cannot be inflated away.

If you are looking to pick up some monetary metals, below are good options at Money Metals from which to choose.

We also want to share this excellent presentation by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee regarding the transition from central bank gold price suppression to voracious central bank gold buying.

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