The fact that JP Morgan, HSBC, etc manipulate the silver market is now well known. Rather than let that get us all worked up into a hissy fit, we prefer to use that knowledge to our benefit.
If you are considering making a new physical silver purchase, this knowledge can be very beneficial.
The bankers will often vary the time of day they knock down the silver price. Currently, they are in the habit of banging the COMEX open, as can be seen here.
Note the daily smackdown starting around the time of COMEX open, and ending roughly 0945-1000 NY Time. We have observed this almost daily for the past few weeks. Until this pattern changes, we recommend locking in any planned physical silver purchase in the 0930-1000 NY Time period.