May 14th, 2012I couldn't put it any more simply: If you don't...

May 14th, 2012

I couldn't put it any more simply: If you don't own silver, get some soon.

Often looked upon as secondary to gold, silver is actually well on its way to becoming the rarest metal of them all.

Even more rare than platinum.

How?

Well, what most people don't realize is that while silver is valued for its use in coins, jewelry and decor, it's even more crucial as an industrial metal.

Everything from DVDs and cell-phone batteries to high-end microprocessors, electrical motors and super-conductors all require silver to function...

And every time it's used, it's gone... forever.

Which makes silver a disappearing element – an endangered species as far as metals go.

That's just part of the reason why silver was trading at just $5 as recently as 8 years ago... And a high of $50 mid 2011.

And while demand grows every day, supply just shrinks and shrinks and shrinks.

So as time goes by, prices won't just rise steadily... they'll rise faster and faster as the world silver supply moves towards zero.

Before long, $50 will be a bargain, and then a memor