i usually buy silver bars from APMEX since they are local. If you go to their website, their premiums are posted.
the gold/silver ratio will some day return to the historical 1/16. The freight and storage of gold seem to have vastly distorted the current ratio. When the currency collapse comes, I don’t believe the current premiums will seem significant.
if I was guessing, I believe a huge amount of gold is being transferred to new locations and covered by the paper smokescreen.
i just don’t trust the bankers and politicians. I don’t want my resources anywhere some sleazeball can punch a few Keyes and take everything. When they do, the legal system will be so jammed that it will take decades to get anything back if at all. One thing all sleaze balls have in common is that they don’t want to “kiss the dog” (face to face confrontation) when they want your resources.
The paper resources will be the first to go. Millions will go to bed financially comfortable and wake up broke with no recourse.
rno