On Jan. 7, 1980, in response to the Hunts’ position, Comex …

Twetch ·

On Jan. 7, 1980, in response to the Hunts’ position, Comex and the CBoT imposed emergency rules,

“They broke the ascent by basically outlawing the buying of silver,” “Only liquidation orders would be accepted. It’s almost criminal what they did.”

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Twetch ·

sound familiar. Lot's of history on the 'net about the Hunt's attempt to corner the silver market.
That quote is from
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/hunt-brothersrsquo-silver-stockpile-the-last-of-its-kind/

Twetch ·

Amazing:
50 years ago, these patriots tried to break a rigged system, right through the big banks to the Fed.
The system won. They were bankrupted.

Twetch ·

Ahhh 40 years ago