Jim Rogers on chances of $100+ Silver in 2011

Jim Rogers commented on the recent move by the University of Texas to take delivery of $1 billion in gold, saying the decision is long overdue, and has only occurred because everyone else is now buying thereby taking metal out of circulation. He adds: “But where were these guys five, ten years ago?  That’s when they should have been doing all of this.” Indeed the momentum chasers never show up until it’s too late. Then Rogers had some words of caution for silver bulls: “If silver continues to go up like it has been over the past 2 or 3 weeks, yes, then it would get to triple digits this year.  And then we’ll have to worry.  It’s not parabolic yet.  I hope something stops it going up in the foreseeable future and we have a correction. ” There is one caveat: “maybe the US dollar is going to become confetti in 2011, and if that’s the case and silver goes to $150, then obviously I wouldn’t sell my silver.  It would be the US dollar which is collapsing.  But if silver goes up the way you’re talking about without currency collapse, I would be very worried.” So as usual, those long Precious Metals should not hate the Chairsatan but to urge him on to continue doing what he is doing so well: converting that once valuable combination of 75% cotton and 25% linen into “confetti