The Silver Association Petition
Tell the SEC they should approve the Silver ETF Mark Jacobs Harry Gonzalez Robert Holton Jacob Nodd By supporting the petition I know I will be supporting silver jobs and that means the world to me and my family. Allison Mayne Thanks for organizing the effort guys this petition means so much for the industry by ensuring fair trade. Alexander Cohen As a silver investor I am very glad to see such a great site. Phuc Yui Vera Johansen Ron Howard Gloria Harnish Randy Morrison A silver ETF would be a very valuable tool for investors looking for diversity of their assets. Steve Dore Please accept my vote FOR the silver ETF. Let free markets determine the price. Thank you. —Steve Doré David Larsen Approve at the SEC's earliest convienence Tom Kearns If a gold ETF is acceptable, why not a silver ETF? If the silver ETF is not approved, it will look like some SEC people are on the take..... Barry Monner Charles Wooley This is a great way to stop the manipulation in the silver market. Let true supply / demand dictate price movement Brian Dunn Robert Lloyd Roy Martens If the SEC is promoting a truly free market i can't hold back the Silver ETf cause this is what the public wants !! Joseph V. Scazzola Ali Sugerman Anyone who opposes the creation of a silver ETF opposes free markets and supports a command economy; this person is no lover of liberty, but rather is disposed towards communism. Larry Schutzius Scott Brodsky William Morrison Lawrence Colvin Peter Wright A free market would allow an ETF for any commidity in which there was sufficient investor demand, and a willing administrator. Patricia Davidson Kevin Hertel Janet Hertel J.C. Ernharth What on earth are folks afraid of by making the silver market more open to trade? (hmm...) Michael Moretto jim demaio the sua does not own the silver market Patrick McNamara I can find no logical reason for not approving the proposed ETF for silver. Steven Tarzon Steven Tarzon I believe the Silver ETF would be good for the industry. mark matika It's not fair to not allow a silver ETF when it's permitted in gold and various other instances! Harley Easter Please approve the silver ETF proposed by Barclays Global Investors. Jack McManus Wayne Roberts john shelton Silver is a precious metal just as gold is and you did it for gold so why not silver Ross Davidson I support a silver ETF George Bell it's about time this silver ETF concept became reality Philip Lee William Busser I support the silver ETF. Bill Busser Mark Chase Ann Girarde JAMES RANDA Harold Heesch van why listen to an organisation which only goal it is to manipulate the price of silver which is also illegal. FREE SILVER regards harold APRIL DALEN This is reqired for a free market scott dier Peter Ullius The fruition of a silver ETF would be indicative to a free market place with the ability to buy what one chooses. Roberto Cellere kris macklin Larry McElhinney bert koenen I hope we stay in a free and open markets. I hate communisme. Paul Rice Disestablish the Silver Users Association. See Ted Butler for details. B. Wei Silver Users Association members will be able to purchase and redeem 50,000 ETF shares in exchange for silver bullion as needed. Investors will pay to store metal for silver users to purchase later as they need it... provided they pay what it is worth! T Marta Kallianos I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC roy freer Lawrence Sayre John Meyer It's simple are you for free markets or the creature from Jekyll Island. After gold's ETF the establishment is really scared of this one. Gregory Alatis I ,as well as many other, believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. There really is no honest reason not to approve it. Rob Dee douglas burns I am for the silver etf. Nicole Burns Nicole Burns Wilhelmus Grobler Markets should be free Stop the burocratic interventions please? Eldert de Boer Please approve the Silver ETF ! Murray Dalphond Jim Arnold Richard Harshman The SEC's responsibility, in the broadest sense, is to try to insure that investors are treated honestly. It is not their function to restrict security offerings because they foster or do not foster the private interests of any group. cliv barnbrook the sua is demonstrating an arrogance that is shameful. the sec needs to approve the establishment of the silver eft to grow the silver market. Rick Perez Pass the message on! The ETF should be approved. Joe Lentz ERNESTO SEGURA FREE MARKET IS THE AMERICAN WAY. LET IT GO. geert van oosterwijck ryszard bac robert morris let free markets reign let the manipulation stop benny castloo i think a Silver ETF would be good for the silver mining industry Wayne Suthjerland I feel the ETF should be allowed to exist as it increases our potential for investment in the metal michel archambault Bret Petersen Great to have a voice for the free market of silver to counter the SUA cartel. James Aspinwall I would like to request the approval of the Silver ETF as a vehicle of investment. I currently own shares on the Gold ETF (GLD) and I would like a similar ETF for Silver. Sean Simpson Todd Hucko Serge Brunet Silver should be a free market, like any other Anissa Lee marty chamberlain Tony Heiner Dean Hansen Aaron Lynch Dear SEC, the ETF is needed to preserve above-ground silver in the face of unchecked consumption by SUA members at artificially low prices which they may have colluded to maintain. Jeffrey Harrington A silver ETF will be a great boon for investors and silver miners alike. Don't believe the SUA's hype! They just want to keep the price artificially down. simon strauss I cannot understand how in a free enterprise system a silver ETF could be legislated against. Philip Duff George Huff Let the market set the price. Raghbir Chahal Eradicate price manipulation by vested interests from the marketplace! thomas mc kenna why is this petition necessary chris gaspari I would like the ETF,lets put everone on a level playing field, other than people who would benefit it not being passed Robert Brown Ronald Kuhling Give me one good reason why you would not recognize a silver EFT?What have you got against free markets? ERIC LERICHE I DONT BELIEVE SUCH AN ENDEAVOUR WILL CHANGE ANYTHING BECAUSE THE SEC IS ONLY THERE TO MAKE THE INSIDERS RICHER AND HAS NO INTENTIONS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, UNLESS IT MAKES THE INSIDERS RICHER... BUT MORALLY I FEEL OBLIGATED TO SIGN IT. Richard Mellert I have an extensive background with Silver filled elastomers used in EMI/RFI grounding applications, and would like a tradeable vehicle for this invaluable material. Daniel Loewith noelle mailloux john vipond Michael Brennan The COMEX silver paper short position is for HUNDREDS-OF-MILLIONS of ounces of silver. The CFTC has stated through its inaction that the silver MUST exist to support these short positions; otherwise the positions would be ILLEGAL. If the SEC does not a Kevin Rose if we are to have free markets then we should be able to invest in whatever vehicles that we find attractive Michael Kelley Your hesitation in approving a silver etf, in what should be a no-brainer decision, does lend to the conspiracy theory STAN ward Will the SEC please approve the ETF for silver. Don Meuse Please APPROVE the silver ETF. I want to invest in it. Jenny Waley Approve Barclays Silver ETF. We are watching. Daniel Lehtinen I am one of many who would benefit from this economical and efficient method for investing in silver. Bonnie Warren The ETF must be approved. jerry clark Jeff Hoffmaster Robert Turrin There is no reason not to approve a silver ETF, other than to protect the financial interests of a chosen few who seek to continue to depress the price of silver. Donald Shultz What is the SUA and SEC so afraid of? DuBose Kapeluck Let the free market decide the price of gold. Dave Pienta barry carr Lets stop the control by the SUA and dishonest trader of silver and let the true value shine. Marc Klein This is about free markets, period. John Puu I support the introduction of the Silver ETF. It will create demand for silver and jobs in silver mining. Sandy Cottingham If people want to invest in silver, then there should be a silver ETF. BARRY HOTHERSALL Gloria Sanders Great that someone is proposing it! Thomas Woolman Josh Phair Frank Dupone Clark Nowlan I strongly support a silver EFT in the U.S. Stan Hosanna I thought this was the land of the free Larry Jacobson No other commodity has a users org. Why should they be allowd to have an advantage. Scott Gale If the SEC believes in free markets, it should approve the silver ETF. If the SEC does not approve the silver ETF then, to be consistent, the SEC should force the withdrawal of other commodity-based investment vehicles (including futures) from the market Dax Wagner Please let free markets determine what the fair price of silver is. It only makes sense and puts everyone on a level playing field. It's the American way! Keith Paneff Oldrich Zlamal This is fight for free market. Wes Brown Det. 25:15 The Word of God. Daniel Lucachick It is time to return to the legal terms of our Constitution and Stop the harmful actions of our government and banks against the citizen investors of these here United States of America Owen Barlow Time to take the government to task for getting rid of the peoples silver by selling to crooks cheap William Halligan PHIL LADELFA steve mullins Brian Stewart Give 'em hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stephen Borowko I strongly support the creation of ETF(s) for silver. Mark Nutter Yes,I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC. Jerry Liu Even with intention to "protect" an industry, artificial price manipulation causes waste of scarce resource; it’s a crime against our future generations. rachid hadidi I can't wait for the etf to start trading. I think that it is a great idea. I always wanted to buy silver for investment purposes but it was not convenient for me to buy thousands of dollars worth of silver as it is difficult to store it. Thank you. Robert Jones Robert Clark I support the silver ETF because I think it will help create long overdue fairness in the silver metal market. michael` tillotson The big user interest have controled the price to the point of distruction of the industry..No other commodity has a user group driving the price down. This is collusion-- one would think illegal as hell. MT Spady Mark Paul Anderson Howard Lichtman Another Silver Investor supporting the ability to invest in a silver ETF in a supposedly free market. Joe Chung I am a NASD registered securities principal and I support a free market without supression and price fixing by any association for any market. Dale Angeli Bradley Bartman I would like to invest in a Silver ETF instead of purchasing the physical metal itself. Terry Norton Matt Granfield Ralph Weller I believe that an ETF should not be exclusive for only Gold. This is a free market place and Silver should not be handicapped with special rules which only will benefit the Supplier groups. The free market place was founded on the laws of supply and dem Thomas Catino Please approve the Barclay's Silver ETF application. Ronald Baumann I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Robert Gardner If the SEC supports free markets, they will approve a silver ETF. If not, my Congressmen and I will be interested in learning why the SEC is against free markets. robert angus Kyle Junghans James Guenther FREE the market! Bill Rus If Silver could talk it might be saying something like, "Boy I tell ya, I don't get no respect." Hans Lebel John Kilbey I support a "silver ETF". The free market must determine prices.The denial of a "silver ETF" while we have several "gold ETFs" is de facto evidence that the silver price is manipulated by both the government(SEC,CTFC,COMEX)and SUA. Both tax payers an Dick Bennett Please approve this Silver ETF and put the SUA out of business. Help get rid of the fraud and manipulation out of the presious metals market. Richard Ryan Jan L Garwick It's for the little guy to have something of Value that doesn't COST $500.00 Dollars A OZ. Stephanie Ellison Robert Neilsen Let's have free and open markets. It is bordering on illegal to allow the manipulation. This will create many mining jobs in the US jim hoch william ryan please ok etf for silver Jason Hommel SEC: please approve the Silver ETF. Although I believe in owning your own silver, silver investment should not be restricted. Joe Osborne Philip Hounsome End the SUA corruption!! SEC do your job!! Mark Tabaracci Silver should be traded freely and fairly! Robert Kulick william nelson thomas oconnor eric stephan eine dreckige kriminelle organisation SUA .das geld vieler getäuschter anleger klebt an deren fingern. Brent Redl Andrew Fallis Let the Silver ETF go forward. Denying people an easy way to buy silver to keep the price from going up is price rigging! marco wannenmacher I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Laila Taavola Free market is the foundation of freedom. Please ensure our rights. Ray Foss I support the silver ETF proposal. Reason is transparency of real supply, in a transparent silver price siemkowicz eugeniusz Joe Pillera God bless you for your efforts. caliche bahada we want the silver etf to trade Gregg Gerow Samuel Cuscovitch This market should be OPEN. I was horrified to read SUA (between-the-line) accounts to suggest that silver may indeed be a manipulated market, giving credence to various reports that have occasionally circulated in recent years. Thomas Socha Even if there is no ETF it just proves that there is a shortage of silver and that would be bullish. Don Dunand I am in favour of the silver ETF. larry nims Do it. We need open and liquid markets. Phil Motyka Restricting the price of silver limits investors options in what is supposed to be a free market.Don't limit investors options by catering to special interest groups who now control prices Greg McLachlan Article. I, Section. 10; Clause. 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; Jan Kanis EFT should be approved by the SEC michael helmstaedter Marc Haagen william gramer I respectfully request that a silver based ETF be created similar to that which has been created with GLD. Thanks, William Gramer howard banks for the silver etf....if good enough for others good enough for silver! william ardis the only the users association opposes this ETF is thatthey will lose control of the silver market. this control is illeagal. Federica Montereggio Silver free! Dennis Park Ron Harrod If we have even a smidgeon of a free society left we should be able to initiate an honest ETF without hassle. Philip Garnecki Terry Doucet SUA, don't worry, be happy!! gregory sedlacek in my opinion tne silver etf should be approved because it will be the easyest way for an individule investor to invest and own silver~gregory sedlacek Lowell St Cyr In any other industry the SUA would be considered a criminal enterprise. Free silver, vote for the ETF. Ray Burton To the SEC. If you are in doubt if a Silver ETF would serve the public interest just take a look at the gold etf. It was the fastest growing fund in history as I recall one article. We need alternative investments then just US dollars which our foundin DAVID GREEN Jeffrey Malaki George Baschiera Kenneth Funk jason norris Silver is the most manipulated commodity there is. The Federal Reserve wants to keep PM's suppressed. Ian Hewitt Jeff Newton ken chio michael w michael wanchena no, thank-you. Kroudy Chea robert busser chris cannon Lou Oberle Creation of a silver ETF will benefit investors by facilitating free market determination of its price. To not implement is to say that individuals rather than the market should set the price. Steven Ayer What is good for gold should be good for silver. Legally, how could the silver etf be turned down? Because an organization of powerful companies that use it frequently needs access to it at cheap prices? A free market system would allow price levels to Rick Kernan Please allow the silver ETF to be approved. This is the only way I can invest in silver thru my 401k. Thanks Rick Kernan Leander Murphy We need this to allow silver to be a real investement strategy like gold and other commodities. The current regulation is un-American. James Hauer I support an ETF backed by physical silver. It would be good for investors and good for jobs in the mining industry Ronald Williams Kirk Conklin The Silver Users Association is the only entity which I am aware of which exists for the sole purpose of suppressing the price of a commodity. "With liberty and justice for all." (restrictions currently apply) martin boyce Rebecca Iocca This is a free country and free markets are what make a nation strong economicaly. The SEC should get its' nose out of our markets and let the silver ETF stand on its' own. If not then we should just call our selves communists. Robert Cornell As an investor I need this type of investment vehicle to buy silver for my retirment funds. Free market??? Jonathan Chattin Please allow the instantiation of a Silver ETF by Barclay's Bank. This will provide an island of stable investment. Pat Vermillon My wife and I have invested in the gold E.T.F. (GLD). We would very much like to do the same if a silver E.T.F. were available. Thank you for your consideration! Robert Ochampaugh Allow the free trade of silver!!! Robert Collinge An ETF in silver would, quite simply, promote market efficiency. Those who demand silver could buy it and those who supply silver could sell it with much lower transaction costs. As an economist, in my view, there is no reason in a free market economy n Nancy Wilke Please consider a ETF for silver...may help the little man investor Mike Paunovich Jerome Watson Don Kenneth Please do not let the short sightedness of the SUA influence SEC policy. They can/could have hedge(d) themselves - if need be by (jointly) buying a silver miner. Their decision not to do so (or their neglect), should not restrict other people from bei David Hook Please allow us to invest in silver domingo e. gapuz, jr. james Yue Ron Good It's time to allow Silver to join the free market. Michael Franz WARREN THOMPSON Ron Pollan I wish it was available today. Probably the safest way to own silver. thomas kinne jr Daniel Schaffer This fund opens an investment option not now available to the public. cliff nelson Robert J, Busch If you do not approve the silver ETF after approving 5 gold ETFs you will be in collusion with the SUA and probably culpable of silver price controlling. Shelley Tate Without an ETF the SUA will eat up the final 300m ounces and then whine to the government to confiscate private investors' assets. Who on the SEC has links to SUA entities? Do the right thing, do your job, act impartially. Otherwise the next petition will Rick Lower When are you going to disband and prosecute the members of the sua??? Don't get caught with egg on your face! robert schecker to make it easier for the average investor to put silver into their portfolios. Ray Capell Free the market anthony paduano keep our society free and democratic and let the silver etf live Robert Mangan john gammage only a free market can supply goods--ask a citizen of the former soviet union Carl Knittel joe simoldoni APPROVE THE SILVER ETF!!!!!!!!!! Dwight Lear Why should we not be able to buy the commodity silver in an Exchange Traded Fund as we can with other commodities? MICHAEL HARADER I believe in FREE markets. Markets should set prices, not "Users Associations". Do what is right, not what you are being pressured to do by a powerful lobbying organization. Thank you! Rayburn Blair Please don't interfere with Silver ETF. Free Market trade is in the balance. Stop SUA manipulation of Mkt. michel de chabert-ostland The silver ETF should be allowed to proceed. Any attempts to stop it are illegal and contrary to a free market. Larry Brokaw Silver ETF should be approved ASAP. Brett Miller !! Silver, the only metal that has an association behind it. Smells fishy. Let silver dictate it,s own price in the freemarket. Stop the manipulation by the SUA. Derek Shevkenek Why wouldn't a silver ETF be approved? The silver users crying about job loss sickens me. Do the silver users want to operate their businesses in a free market economy or not? Clifford Braden Please let the free market take its course on this precious. Patrick O'Neal Robert Olson Silver related products/investments not allowed on American exchanges will simply be traded elsewhere! Don't cripple American exchanges! Kevin Prokopenko SEC : Why are you actually listening to an anti-freemarket , pro trade restrictive organization like the Silver Users? At least their last name is correct. You have a decision to make .. are you free market or are you for Soviet style "managed" markets w Curtis Williams Thomas Lipps If gold can sustain a few ETF's, I'm certain silver can easily carry its own. David Sheldon Free markets rule. Closed markets promote corruption and ineptitude. Free up the silver market and promote silver coinage for daily usage. Paul Collette I am in favor of a silver ETF and believe that it is necessary to help achieve transparency in the silver market. Julien Blin Mickael Huber Lynn H. Mosher It's about time silver is given a fair market value Trevor McQuay Dont think a Canadian can take part in your petition. But if so feel fee to use my name. Please stop the SCAM, let the natural silver price shine Felix Andiarena Raymond Brown Don Hansen Walt Korenkiewicz Open free markets are the basis of the U.S. economy no one person or organization should be in a position to control any market. The Silver ETF will help assure an open market. Approve the Silver ETF. jason collins Yves Dufresne Go Silver Go!!! vertner harben Please allow the Silver ETF to come into existance. roger boley Gentlemen: Approving this ETF is the correct thing to do to ensure a free market in silver. Roger Boley Austin, TX Alan Moreira Troy Ferguson Let Capitalism work: do not hinder the free market. Aaron Boyce "The SEC has set a precedent by previously approving a similarly structured grantor trust for gold bullion. The SEC acknowledges that these types of trusts are not regulated investment companies - and are therefore not subject to any special regulation by John Cage It is illogical for the SEC to withhold approval for the silver ETF. The demand is there - it would be moronic to let the business go to Dubai or Toronto. Clifford Weihman Chris Mad Ritch McBride Give us the opportunity to invest in this important commodity with an ETF. Ken VanderPloeg Marilyn Chin I encourage the SEC to approve the creation of a silver ETF. Silver has long been undervalued as an industrial and precious metal and such an ETF would reveal its true market value. Raymond Irwin Please allow the silver market to operate as if we had a free market. Not solely for the whim of a special interest group. William Gribbins Geoffrey Petrasek I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade henry gaspari Benjamin Parkinson JOHN VERDERBER Gale Ormiston Let's have a free and fair market for silver. Aaron Schmidt tobias dr. kobes open and free metal markets are a must be! Robert Valley Louis DeBoer As a silver investor concerned about existing infringements on a free market in silver I request the approval of the Barclay's ETF as a step to a more open silver market. John Marr FREE SLIVER from dishonest government controls and Pilgram insiders and corrupt Fed. bank manipulation. john horne I feel I have been screwed by the silver users assoc. They have kept the price of silver down in order to purchase at a reduced price. and you know this has been going on. Kerry Culbertson ray chavez lets do it Martin Moehring I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. umberto naccarato Great idea guys I'm in. david macwilliams say no to controls of the silver market! Brad Jenkins Andy Boyle Bonnie Martinez If the price of silver is not being manipulated than what is the reason for 8 commercial banks holding over 300 million OZs of paper silver contracts on the COMEX with J.P.Morgan being the largest? Jack Rogers ETF or no ETF, buy as much silver as you can. If they will not do what is right. it is up to us. Robert Lozen Clarence Diehl buck flannigan David Palmer Bruce Litteaur The little man needs an ETF to save on commission and storage costs. Please keep this in mind. MARCUS MOTLEY Mark Donaldson I feel it will increase jobs and help our economy to allow a Silver ETF. William Kitts Lucy Terreli Jim Huntington Joseph Zomara Either way people should buy silver. John Martin RUSSELL TANNER WELL GENTLEMEN: Economists have ranted for years that there is a plentoria of silver lying around in great hordes just waiting for market demand. If we have been told the truth; what has the SILVER USERS ASSOCIATION got to complain about regarding the f robert spencer approve the silver ETF Charles Wooley Gregory Delaney When God created the heavens and the Earth. He also created silver. As an american, I believe in free market based enterprise system. Paul Crossland Timothy Brooks Eric Humphry Reggie Smith Randy Pitzer There is absolutely no honest reason for not approving Barkleys silver ETF. Do the right thing. norman may why gold etf and not silver John Renton Charles Behrendt I support a free market system, and a silver ETF. I do not support market manipulation. Michael Wittenauer A silver ETF is an excellent idea because it will make it much easier for the small investor to participate in this important market without having to assume the additional risks associated with mining stocks and futures and options contracts. Art Schaafsma We now have a gold ETF. I see no reason investors should not have a silver ETF. RON SANDERS Mark Geib I am in full support of a silver ETF. the top reason is because I would like an easy way to invest in silver. There are ETFs for many other entities so it seems reasonable that there is one for silver also. Thank you. Juan Hernandez Michael Paulson I support the silver ETF. Andrew Falk Hello, please note that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade, and controlled and compromised markets are un-American. Thank you! Andrew Falk Frank Ujcich Looking forward to investing in the silver ETF. Edward V Garcia Richard Zambri Jim Ronkie Les Yakimovich Please show equity to all by approving a Silver ETF. This will provide an excellent vehilcle for silver investors which in turn will provide a more transparent and fluid market. gerhard winkler Approve this investment vehicle immediately. The fact that the Silver Users Assn is against it is telling. In my opinion they are criminals whom history will prove to have manipulated this market for decades. Daphne Lin Hsiao I support the Silver ETF. Stephen Race Lia Kaber I agree that the siver ETF should be approved by the SEC. Joel Kay please approve the silver ETF Jake Dello Ronald Stoner There are several gold ETF's and no silver ETF's. Also there is a large need for a silver ETF, a convenient way for average people to buy. Ashton Bastain Eloy Gutierrez II !!!!!! VIVA ZAPATA !!!!!!! Richard Meyers It's About time This Coruption should stop. ROLAND MEERT Royce Horn Steven Mellor Gold... why not silver? Dave Lundquist The silver ETF should be approved... because it is the right thing to do. Jeanne Baron kevin o'neill I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. stop government and industry corruption and fixing of free markets. It is still Amer Edward Allen Michael McNight Tony Coughlan JOSEPH VALVANO John D Spencer I support free market not lobbiests in Washington DC. Peter Gale FREE markets balance the supply/demand equation and STOP shortages from happening. Silver supply won't increase by regulating low prices. igor kashtelyan I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased investment interest in silver for free market based trade. m trusky Let the (free) markets go and let there be a SILVER ETF. You are not afraid of this investing tool are you ? Donald McCarthy There can be no consistent logical basis for withholding the Silver ETF given the other ETF's that have already been approved! andrew andrew cabot Ronald Kramer I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. LEE PERRY LET THE SILVER E T F EXIST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE........... Glenn Lawrence scott woodward Hans Van Heteren If Barclays does not succeed in the USA, ABN AMRO must try it in Europe. I do not see the problem LAWRENCE JOHNSON I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF A SILVER ETF IT IS A CONVENANT WAY TO INVEST DIRECTLY IN SILVER I OWN SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SILVER RELATED MINING STOCKS AND TO ROUND OUT THE PORTFOLIO WOULD LIKE A DIRECT INVESTMENT VEHICLE TO THE ACTUAL METAL Joseph Leffler Time to approve the silver ETF. Now! Frank Villari Stop the corruption. Stop the manipulation. DO YOUR JOB! Pat Shuff Joe Bellington The money changers have all but destroyed our country. Please give us honest money for our investments. Joe Bellington The money changers have all but destroyed our country. Please give us honest money for our investments. Kean Leiker I am totally in support of the establishment of a Silver ETF as it supports the free market idea we have. Arthur K. Parizek A silver ETF is needed for the average investor and I respectfully request you approve it. Darren Long John Bristow please approve the silver ETF Lawrence Lacey Please do not let your decision be adversely influenced by the lobbying of the Silver Users Association. The very existence of this only existent commodity users organization is a conspiracy for restraint of trade and thus flagranty illegal. Paolo Gerosa PLEASE LET THE FREE MARKET DECIDE WHAT PRICE SILVER SHOULD HAVE 6 GIVE THE PERMISSION TO THE ETF IN SILVER George Matthews a silver ETF is as much an important means for investors to acquire silver as any other commodity. The SEC should not limit in any way this free market. the silver price has been manipulated by a few to a point of ridiculousness. David Scharf david bull Dear Sirs, I support the creation of a Silver ETF - with two caveats: 1) the EFT must be backed 1:1 by actual physical silver - no loans, swaps, or promises. 2) provide a mechanism whereby holders of the ETF can easily exchange their shares for the Richard Silverman I truely and fully support the Silver ETF!!! Leo A. Desharnis Stop the corruption. Stop the manipulation. DO YOUR JOB! Leland Frataccia andrew cabot Mark Nucera Clarence Wilson Leet us have a free market for Silver bennett brulotte silver etf should be approved by the sec, thank you ben brulotte Aabaz Aaaba Logical reasoning applies. Rhetorical language by SEC. Please reduce the ephemeral!!! Dave Mason I support a silver ETF. A silver ETF will help restore free market pricing to silver. It is in the public interest. fred senecal you can also contact me at sdd1776@yahoo.com David Coombs I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. I would like to see more free market portfolio options like this. Vincent Mancini Great initiative. This is within the first steps to starting to take away power from the fascist elitists. John Skaar The silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Stipulation: ETF must be backed 100% by physical silver Richard Padgett Silver manipulation MUST STOP. For the sake of freedom, capitalism and America please allow the silver ETF. Matt Keck Robert Waldrop Michael Levy Jason Janowski In order to acheive a fair and balanced market - a silver etf would be a great benefit for investors like myself. Thank You for your time- Jason Janowski Alejandro Flores I support the approval of Barclay's Silver ETF. Alan Neumann Christopher Holloway Steve Angona Please apporve the silver ETF. Peter Thompson It would be a travesty for the SEC to veto the proposed ETF, in a country that extols the virtues of free trade and free markets. KENNETH EDWARDS I am 100 percent for the silver ETF Thomas Wilder Douglas Brown The SUA objection to Barclay's silver ETF is a farce. I didn't know any cartel to manipulate the price of a commodity or product was legal under anti-trust laws. After politicking the government to part with its strategic stockpile of 2 billion ounces s Ruby Pollan Please help us to get a silver ETF. It would be the safest way to own silver. Swantar S. Mamboni Approval of a Silver ETF will affirm the fundamental truths of the free market upon which America's great wealth has been built, and restore the supply-demand fundamentals to the silver market, thus insuring adequate supply and appropriate utilization of laura matika If gold can have an ETF...why not silver??? Anthony Wile Terry Harp Lawrence Schneider Ken Burdeyney CA I believe that the ETF will result in the commodity to price itself at a fair market value rather than a controlled value. jean grasser I, and many others, feel it is most unfair to protect the huge and wealthy corporations with a controlled silver price. Please FREE SILVER! jean grasser Asim Raja Kenneth Sommerville A silver ETF will promote an open and fair market. George Watson Allow the silver ETF to go through. Aaron Manter It is only in a free market that we are truely free! ROSS NOGGLE It's time that the price Silver of SILVER be allowed to get out of the 80's & into the 2000's -- Let the ETF come alive & the Clink of Silver be heard round the World. joe cataldi KENNETH FLETCHER A Silver ETF is necesary for the small investor, with limited storage capability. Ron Mexico MICHAEL LEVINE I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE SEC WAS CREATED TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER . WHY THEN IS THE SEC CONSIDERING WORKING IN CONCERT WITH THE SUA???THIS SEEMS CONTRARY TO THE REASON THAT THE SEC WAS ESTABLISHED Tony Melia The SUA cannot have it both ways: they must accept either a higher price now or, quite soon, a crunch. Let it be known that it is the SUA members themselves, and their paper-trading friends, who have since 1990 reduced inventory from 2bn to 300m oz. A ca Roger Dyer I support the silver ETF. There is no reason not to allow it. Roberta Reschke It's a sad affair when we have to petition a nothing but initials organization to influence another nothing but initials organization. Silver is constitutional money!! Fred Hutton Free market Alan Neumann I realize this a duplicate signing but I feel this comment needs to be made.I was a broker in the 80's and I watched the SEC turn a blind eye to blatant violations of insider trading rules,corporate graft,and reporting requirements, pump and dump schemes Peter Gregerson I believe that a silver ETF should be approved Paul Pisari Robert L Sinodis The CFTC stated that there is sufficient silver backing the enormous short sales that occur on the Comex.Furthermore,they told the public to "take delivery." So,what's the problem? Howard Danielson Don't let one interest group decide how other people can use their money. Allow the ETF to sink or swim by its own merit, like any free market entity. Len Hearsey Disregard the SUA. Free silver now. Ted Runge I fully support the need for a silver ETF. Since we have an ETF for gold, we should have one for silver. Both are precious metals Michael Bergdorf I protest the attempt by the Silver Users Association to prevent the formation of a Silver Electronic Traded Fund. The Silver Users Association has for years (in my opinion) attempted to arbitrarily cap or depress the price of this element. Failing to Eric Gravel We gotta stop this FRAUD! Joseph Guccione I want the truth to be seen by the public and this could be one of the keys to open a door Robert D'Addario I believe that the SEC should approve the silver ETF because silver is "money" and to make it easier to own silver, Americans will be able to save more efficiently after decades of runups in stocks, real estate and "ink-on-paper". Thomas Wallace A fair market-place for silver is urgently needed. The proposed silver EFT will be a great a great help. Ian Rayner We need a silver ETF because the cost of buying, storing and insuring physical is prohibitive. Joe Thomas Martin Wetter I guess we'll soon find out if honesty and fairness will for the first time become more important than underhanded proposals from the SUA to the SEC denis houle wendell mcintyre what has worked so well for gold should be even better for silver. Monty Kirkman The SUA appears not to like competition for what it thinks is their commodity! Richard Lewis Harold Mortensen john Chamblee This is way over due! Dwayne Vick Thomas Holiday Anyone who supports a free market economy should support the Silver ETF. Simon Jedreski A silver ETF will do good for the industry. The SUA has no right to oppose the ETF on the grounds that it will push prices, we live in a free world where interest groups do not have the right to dictate prices, it is the market that does that. Greg Sloan Gary Souprounovich dan davidi would want to invest in silver in an easy way. it should be allowed. Finn Kallemose Higher silver prices are needed as all silver miners are running with a loss with the present silver price. The low silver price is the reasen for the present mine supply defecit in silver compared to demand. To try to continue to depress the silver pric E Chin APPROVE IT Gary Mattix Why should not a silver etf be offered, just as a gold etf is traded on the stock exchanges. Garry Hazell A gold ETF already exists and silver should be treated no differently. Tamryn Hunter fan frye why should the government protect some specialty group if all the other listings on the nyse were suspended where would we be let freedom prevail john lyons Kim Andersen Kurt Booker Calene Chamblee Silver should be traded freely to! Fred Warsco It would be a gross tragdey for this NOT to be approved and confirm silver manipulation !!!!!!!!!!Stop naked short illegal selling, NOW. Damjan Kovacic Nick Koutas ALFRED DANGOOR JAMES DOETSCH Milan Novak Please show us there is a lttle integrity left in the SEC and stop the manipulation of silver. Let it pass!! Rick Beach Jeni morgan-Hansen Let freedom ring ( in silver bells ) Mark Bowman No small group should be allowed to corner ANY market. LET SILVER TRADE FREELY! dave pendleton Shannon Hatlestad It is unethical for the SUA to try to deny honest citizens the opportunity to purchase valuable assets in a free market society. Sonia Busch The commercial banks and other entities are holding over 300 million OZs of naked short positions against about 60 million OZs of registered available physical silver. Through their greed and manipulation to cap the price they have trapped themselves. Whe Donald Taylor If America is still a capitalist nation, then it seems not only logical but necessary that an ETF in silver be approved as an investment vehicle since ETF's in gold have been previously approved. Let the market determine the fair price of any and all com Sonia Busch When the inevitable short squeeze starts because of the fast approaching physical shortage dont you dare intervene to protect them. Instead of being the lap dog for the SUA oversee the the silver trading on the COMEX with integrity and honesty. Richard Chentfant JACK KENNEY I JUST KNOW YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. A REAL NO BRAINER. lawrence barnes Hans Oluf Dall Emmanuel Gentilhomme G. W Bush Bush G Washington Bush is long on the silver ! Andrew Kuykendall No group, such as the SUV, should lobby the SEC to ban an investment vehicle that would open any investment to a free market environment. An ETF makes real silver investing easy for everyone. G Sandro He who sells what he can't deliver must go to jail. Edward Shaffield I would like to see a silver ETF as an alternate investment option. mary fifty i'm really fed up with those naked shorts who believe they are above law ! it's time to have justice about thatvery big problem David Stevenson nicolas magnac-dajean piovesan laurent Norman Scherer Please approve the silver ETF!! gerda baeyens James Hall Return Honest Money to the Marketplace! Mike Taylor Maurizio Morgillo craig raymond silver needs to be prices higher miners are currently losing big unless silver is priced freely there will not be sufficient supplies for the future then what bring on the silver etf let the chips fall where they may Donald Walski Yes, I support the silver ETF to increase liquidity and investment interest in the silver martket. billy siounis as a silver investor , i highly appreciate the effort taken to enforce a free democratic trade of silver Harry Laslop The price of silver should be allowed to find its own level and not be controlled by a few Mark Nevitz Patricia Levett Silver should be set free. Samual Keys sign it and pass it on. Larry Reid The SEC can not rule against this ETF and claim to be for free markets. A negative ruling would also violate anti-trust laws already in force. Not to mention just plain old common sense. This ETF would be good for the long term health of the Silver marke frank wylie I think the Silver ETF would be good for the Silver market and for equity investors in general. Thank You Robin Zorn Silver is been held back long enough,its time for silver to tade freely. Robert Brady Frank Izzo I strongly support the introduction of SILVER BARCLAY'S EFT FRANK IZZO Marc Max Authier Let the free markets be free. US is supposed to be the land of the free. Prove it! Paul-Emile Authier Free markets are supposed to work best. Stop the manipulation ! Hélène Authier Kimpan Free markets are supposed to work best. Stop the manipulation ! Louise Authier Free markets are supposed to work best. Stop the manipulation ! Walter Hunt Please approve this legitimate request to institute a silver EFT. Gold already has one, why not silver also? Gary Chynoweth Ryan Parker Robert Bennett I believe the EFT should be approved. It will be good for the market. rebecca harben Fraser Ward chris graviss beth graviss Seth Weiser george bloom non-creation of a silver etf is like blocking a market from free trade. those who want to own the silver but not possess it can alleviate that problem via the etf, and not have to trust someone who may be a fly by night cash operator. William Galli david franck bill cleary Dennis Rodenbeck Markets should be as free, open, and liquid as possible to facilitate our free market system of supply and demand. Jack Long Let silver be as any other commodity traded in the free market. Allen Driggers Geoffrey Anderson Approve the Silver ETF and allow the market (not the SUA) to establish the market price Douglas LaFaive STEPHEN KAPOGIANNIS ITS THE ONLY RIGHT THING TO DO, LETS KEEP THE SILVER MARKET FAIR TO ALL. bob sparrow Lance Elliott Get the Silver Users Assn. off welfare and into a true market economy. Steven Rowlandson If the Barclays Silver Backed ETF forces true competition for silver reserves and drives up the price then I am all for it. Its time for physical Longs to have their say in the price of their silver/property. Paper flippers, insiders and the SUA have ha Tony DiStefano Helmut Wild I support the approval of silver ETF by the SEC. Markets should be free and tradable for all investors. Thanks. Helmut Wild John Disney michael carven randall super john haynes darren mcnicoll Timothy Mercier DENNIS LYONS Approve ETF Peter Riker Let's get some transparency in the silver market! Let's HAVE a silver market. Don Lewis If the SEC wants to overcome the perception that the silver market has long been manipulated and reigged to the benefit of a small group of users, then the ETF should be approved. Thank you. Richard Givens I belive that a Silver ETF will be a good safe way for the small investor to invest. Richard Bennett Please support the Silver ETF Raetus Egli A silver ETF will provide an easy means for the small to medium investor to invest in silver bullion. Obviously, we now have these vehicles available in gold and I therefore don't understand why it shouldn't be made available for silver. Price is a matte Torsten Krafft Silver is not just a commodity, silver is money too! Daniel Vasquez Let the market determine the price of silver. If it rockets up, so be it; so is the price of oil. Miners will mine more silver because they'll profit more. Don Semone SILVER should be FREE to find a TRUE and FAIR PRICE it will BENIFIT the MANY and is the RIGHT thing to do! There has been OBVIOUS MINIPULATION to maintain an ARTIFICIALY low price HARMING the PRODUCERS and INVESTORS and this has created a physical SILVE Ronald Blakeman Glen Dowden I support this petition Dan Grieve walter schmoll Timothy Raphael I own silver. I think it is crazy how some group can ask the SEC for the right to keep silver at low prices for their own profit!! Silver has been the same price for 20 years!!! Who do they think we are out here? Your right, this is 2005 not 1963. I have Ronnie Mason John Love samuel jordan Bart Grande Kevin Deland Don Nelson STEVEN YALE US CITIZENS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO FORM ASSOCIATIONS TO PURCHASE SILVER AS THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE SO FOR GOLD, IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO PRESERVE THEIR WEALTH Brian Studick this is not communism, this is america, free the silver market. Gary McClurg I doubt the SEC has enough integrity to do the right thing and provide a level trading arena, but I support anyone that will! Benny Y.W. Tsui Gerald Hug Please approve the Silver ETF. The Silver Users Assoc. should not hold the price of silver down. Larry Carroll SILVER......NOW. WHAT'S NEXT???? Larry Carroll SILVER NOW......WHAT's NEXT???? Bruce Jones An ETF would enhance the free marketing of silver and should be allowed. Stuart Bloom I believe in fair trade and that includes the fair trade of silver. Jay Dreifus We want the silver ETF! john ross Vince Regino Josph Steel The ETF should be allowd. Dennis Johnson Approve the silver ETF immediately. james CHEE Please approve the silver ETF Charles Tamlyn I believe there should be an ETF for silver. Jack Leniart joseph miklos Let the silver market roll. Reinhard Uhe I strongly urge that you establish an etf fund. Christopher Lucas It is very difficult for small investors to trade silver futures. it seems to be a manipulated market. However, an ETF would be much more difficult to manipulate and would therefore offer a fairer way for small investors to get a piece of the action. MICHAEL STEPHENSON Gerald Iseler Robert Armato Thomas Ghali Let the markets operate freely. Paul Angus Price manipulation kills Liberty, kills creativity, and moreover is ANTICHRIST. eddie polzin PEGGY SAGE jack klein Jack Woon I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Dr. Stephen Jones With all that abundance of silver that the SUA says is out there, who could begrudge a silver ETF from being formed? Walter Vanderheijden DANIEL BETTS Gold has an ETF which I use offen Please form the silver ETF and allow the investors thier rights. David E. Parsons I want a fair market place for buying, selling and investing in silver. Glendon Shank Bob Eastman ALEX BERECZKY I SUPPORT APPROVAL OF THE SILVER ETF Todd Smyth Rachel Wang to ensure a fair market place for buying, selling and investing in silver. warren Lucas please approve the silver etf to let silver adopt to market price. TRAVIS STEINKE Nicholas & Jean Turner The silver ETF would give ALL people an opportunity to invest in silver, without the encumbrances presently experienced -- and this would also stimulate exploration of new silver resources. Richard Wheeler Alan Herron I want the option to invest in the material asset of silver without having to hold the silver. A Silver ETF is a prudent and efficient way of doing this. There is no reason not to approve this ETF. neal greenberg Russell Townsend Yes I would like to see this so I can have an easy way to invest in Silver.. Gary Hill Paul Robertson free markets must rule. Edgar Payne I can not think of a "legitimate" reason why this should not be allowed. Jack R BADURA Restricting free trade of silver in manner gold is used (GLD) is clearly arbitrary. That indicated market manipulation. Richard Gautereaux Please open easy access to the "silver market" investing to the public and approve the etf. The public has the "right" to real money and not only fiat. Mark Allison luis avila Chris Dikos Robert Towner rule of law,,not of men James Davenport How can a silver ETF be denied when there are several for gold ? IS the market fair or not ? Dale Mousseau Evan Bekkala Gene Dorr ....JUST DO IT.... Damont Buffington lets put a stop to the comex paper game Walter Stover Strongly favoer the silver ETF. Please approve it now. Many thanks W. Stover Darvus Russell Richard Chan There are no legal reasons that denying the Silver ETF would be within your jurisdiction when compared to other ETFs which you have approved. Furthermore, every tenet of the free market system, which is the basis of our great American Free Enterprise, Brendan Mayer Definately the silver ETF should come to fruition. EDWARD MAURER I believe it is in the national interest of the United States to re-develop a strong awareness of silver's [and gold's] role in maintaining the American people's freedom and independence, as it traditionally has been for most of this Constitutional Republ Jeff Kline I am sure the SEC will not confuse price "stability" (i.e., low price) as mentioned by the SUA with fair market value. Bas Smeets Stephen Nerlick Please allow the Silver ETF, many good folks who wish to invest in silver but don't feel comfortable with storing silver would benefit. Thank you. Paplow Lance Cameron Hamza Free the Markets Gerald LesMonde Would benefit the financial industry in the US as it would allow our family to reduce our interest in Central Fund of Canada in order to invest in a local Silver ETF. Ron Sommers Please approve the Silver ETF! Brandon Murray The SUA claims the silver ETF would cost their members jobs; I don't believe it would. But the silver miners are definitely impaired by too-low spot prices. Harry Cowan Let free markets decide the price of silver. albert saunders heinz blasnik this would open the way for investors to invest directly in silver without having to worry about storage and safekeeping. as the success of the gold ETF has shown, the market demands such products. the SUA's objections are not credible, as it has for yea Fred Bridge Kenneth Lohrey Silver is too important to be undervalued. Michael Tracy Derrick Glander Show your support for the free market and free trading silver. Leonard Lathrem I think the silver etf should be approved by the SEC. James Fiebiger David Leckner Richard Hixson A credible means to invest in silver is required the same as the gold ETF Elaine Fleck JUST DO IT! Laurie McGuirk Kevin Smyth Walter Augustine This is the right thing to do. It is good for the individuals and it is good for the country. peter doesburg let the market value silver THOMAS RHOAD js doyle support approval NANCY RHOAD J E Homburger William Black The Silver Users Association (SUA) has lobbied for years for cheap silver, singlehandedly eliminating the 6 billion ounce US stockpile at bargain prices over the last 70 years. Please act to stop this non-free market behavior. Michael Anderson Please do not listen to the SUA (Silver Users Assoc.) with their plea to reject this EFT. If silver is in such short supply that a small EFT will drive up the price, then the price should already be higher. A special interest group should not sway the v James Skibniewski Jim Freeman David Letourneau Andrew Snow If the silver ETF isn't allowed in the US, another country will just create one. Bill Pincus Richard Florance, Jr. The silver ETF should be approved unless it is setup fraudulently. Otherwise it is none of the government's business. Gayle Tapp A gold ETF exists now. It is only fair and right that there also be a silver ETF. Bob Erickson You can't manipulate the natural economic forces of supply and demand forever. It is time to give silver back to free markets and allow the economic forces of Mother Nature set the price again. James Smith I encourage you to permit Barclay's petition for a silver ETF. A fair market value for silver will not severely impact the price of products that incorporate silver as silver comprises such a small percentage. Josh Heitzman We've got one for gold, which is more rare then silver, so why not silver? Colin Michael Mercilliott Silver investors deserve an ETF just like gold investors already have. William Collins Approval of a silver ETF will destroy the entities involved in the price manipulation that has set silver prices for the last 20 years and allow true market forces to set the price. Craig Schwartz Nick Laird Like the Gold EFT this silver EFT is a must!!! David Chuhran Let average investors have an opportunity to invest in silver just like you can now with the Gold ETF (GLD). Gerhard Winkler Sure is pretty suspicious that you "public servants" (that's a joke) are dragging your heels on this. Prove me wrong that you.........are on the take by approving this ETF. Silver is going to fly anyway, and in a few years there are going to be investigat Roger Meadmore Yes to EFT ! Might prompt USA and Australia to again mint silver coins as general currencies..... John Kemmett For the sake of a truely free market please approve the Silver ETF Petition from Barclays. Bill Cotton Why would their not be a silver ETF? We have one for gold! Debra Kriscunas Walter Ryan Consider the petition signed by me. Ricky Bacon This would be a great investment opportunity. Forest Anderson Brad Erchul We want the ETF now. Gabriel Valdes Diego Barone David Cartee We have them in gold why not silver? Don't bow to the silver users association. charles cox David Clay Approving ETF would be a good sound policy decision. Ronald Chuhran Kevin Powell Betty Gray Please approve the Silver ETF. Please do not confirm the suspicions of a criminal market. Ken Wells I would like to invest in a silver etf TIm Miller A Silver ETF would help users and producers. Bill Medlock The right of free trade should not be infringed by "special intrests". Mark Feaster John Conley What is the SEC afraid of? Is this a free economy or not? Lets make it one by approving the new silver ETF. Brian Ervin The only "shortage" created by an ETF is a shortage of the ability to manipulate prices. Yet, price manipulation ALWAYS leads to an eventual destruction of the true market. You must free the markets to save the markets, lest silver goes back "underground" Timothy Ettinger There is nowhere to run.. nowhere to hide.. ETF goes thru and Silver goes up.. ETF fails and it exposes the truth, Silver goes up anyway!! Dennis Young Roger McGregor Paul Yusem There are gold ETFs, so why not several silver ETFs? The SUA has allowed its members to obtain silver at extremely low prices. Those days are over. paul brooker Gary Clement an evil CABAL has been running the world for thousands of years and it is coming to an end right now! the most powerful tool to assist Humanity in defeating THEM is "orgonite" and I encourage You all to investigate it www.educate-yourself.org www.orgoni brian scrocca Im appaled at the opposition to the creation of the the SilverETF. The SEC should investigate the Fraud on the Silver Comex that has been going on for years. Its time for Silver to be priced for what its worth and not the minipulated low price. Brian J Warren Gibson Please approve without delay. Adrian Raab Robert Byler Nataly Vejarano FREE SILVER!!! Gold investors have an ETF, now it's Silvers turn. Why should I be limited in my investment options, it would be very un-American to do so. philip kononuk Jonathan Mangin Are we a free country or aren't we? Stanley Manson Sarah Smith Steve Medley H Travis Putney I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Raymond Ford I don't see why the SEC should deny the approval. The only role the SEC must play is to make sure that the custodian bank will actually have the entire amount of physical silver to back the ETF shares, every single one of them. Larry Rhoads Just like the gold ETF, the silver ETF will expand investor options and increase ability to trade. This is good for EVERYONE! jim bethea Get idea to use something of substance to support the instruments of financial transactions other than the ficitional fiat money and checkbook money that congress has allowed the Fed Res conspirators to bankrupt the American people. Linda Wells Silver is a more affordable investment Don C Henderson Clyde Johnson Alan Simpson The new Zealand Bullion Traders Association and Sennex Ltd Bullion Traders-support the ETF and this open market. pierre thomson the lone Ranger said it best " Heigh- Ho Silver Away!" Eng Kien Gan Investors all over the world need a fair and free silver product to invest and trade in the silver market David King I believe the Silver EFT should be approved and moved to the american exchange as soon as possible as SLV.We have a Gold why shouldnt we have Silver let the price of real actual Silver be decided by the market not the speculative Silver! Thanks Ajit Visvanathan It's important to give a value investor a chance to own silver as the dollar looses value each day (requiring for $3 billion). The situation has become worse from 2001 (when the requirement was $1.5 billion a day). It appears that the rate of increase wil horst mehne Kathryn Dillon reinout van buuren i subscibe to the petion regarding the silver EFT, i'm very much i favour of it Topias Allonen Bruce Banister The proposed silver ETF must be permitted. Maciek Kolodziejczyk There are ETFs in various asset classes - why not silver? SUA wants to monopolize access for themselves blocking access to silver for investors less wealthy than SUA members. Donald Loyd David Ferguson David Bond Randy Friesen noel drago I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. J Yee ... THE SUA SHOULD GO DOWN JUST LIKE SAMSUNG RECENTLY ... ANY PRICE FIXING OR RIGGING IS ILLEGAL ... THE ETF IS TOTALLY LEGAL AND NOT BLOCKED GIVEN SOME ADVOCATE GRP Walt Lyford The silver ETF will assure abundant supply at the free market price and will likely add jobs to the economy. Michal Slysz Maciej Wiœniewski donald schweitzer We support a silver etf. Bill Peroff There is no reason not to have a silver ETF armin sternberg I am astounded that a us govt dept would surpress free trade in such a manner. please approve the silver etf right away. Matthew.R LEEMING I like the idea. JOHN HUBBARD The fraud of selling paper silver without owning it has gone on for too long.By not allowing real silver to trade on the exchanges you will be participate in the fraud. It would be better to expose the fraud now rather then later.If your not part of the s L Shore If the SEC is promoting a free market, they must approve a silver ETF. Let the market determine what is a fair price. Pat Moser James Mount I hope my one signature will help the cause Patrick Gunther Elisabeth Vancaeneghem marinus van der Lugt ETFs in all base and precious metals should be available to increase market liquidity. In the long run this can only be positive for users and suppliers of any metal. Steven Smith I fully support the creation of Barclays ETF (SLV). The Silver User's Association should NOT be allowed to interfere in the creation of this ETF. lou monter It would be nice to pile up the physical silver in one place just to verify that ALL silver is NOT paper so called receipts. But I guess that would be asking too much. So for now I'll settle for a pile of receipts. Please audit the receipts. ELVIN RATZLAFF william olien John Gill Gary Nelson Kaczorowski Andrzej Joseph(Toby) Friemel please support the silver ETF by BGI. Why are they being held up on this actio? Peter Smith The longer the silver market is controlled the more explosive will be the release. Please promote free trade in silver as soon as possible. Ronald Hexum I am proud to be a Liberty Associate (NORFED) and believe strongly in a silver or gold backed currency. Silver and gold must be available in a free market. Silver must be dug out of the ground to be available. Create new jobs for Americans, approve the Patrick weaver ARNIE KOZIKOWSKI JAMES COLE richard blair John Watkins gerard faux you did it for gold;do it for silver! do it for the small guy. charles viktora Jay Powers I agree that the silver ETF be approved by the SEC... Jay Powers Edward Clemow Frey de Gruiter Robert Beck I support the U.S.Constitution,Free trade, and the Silver ETF. To support the SUA's position means YOU,the SEC,are essentially violating the spirit of the anti-Trust act.Are you going to listen to the SUA who has depleted America's strategic silver reserv Todd Skarsen Roger Rogoza Schoetensack Michael I believe the SUA is an immoral colluding organisation. Its aim is to manipulate down the price of silver which is contrarian to the principle of a free market in a free country. paul burgess A needed investment tool Amots Dramen Go for it !!! Jeffery Kerns Fritz Heinrichs Please approve this immediately! There is no sensible reason for investors to be denied this opportunity. Phil Iati I definitely want to see a silver ETF. Don't let the silver [ab]users kill this exciting investment vehicle. George Manjounes Have the SUA control POTATOES not SILVER. Todd Kofchur SUA keep your Fascist hands off my silver!! Let the free market work!! Royce Blair Thomas Keith To deny the silver ETF is to unfairly disadvantage those who wish to invest in silver. olivier philippe george sady Jim Shoot I think Silver is screaming to be released from it's hold. End The Fraud. ETF is the way to go! Bill Dunkin William Hsieh Suppression of a silver ETF is market manipulation. I support free markets, hence a silver ETF. Billy Kirk Roger Beith Don Biebel I urge the SEC to approve the Silver ETF for the betterment of all Paul Neumann Mark Hunsaker Let the same rules apply to Ag as they do to any other commodity... edwina broderick Jon Davis As evident by the the large short postion on Comex of well over 3 months supply, the traders who are experts do not feel there is a shortage in silver. The silver ETF will give the small investor an opportunity to own silver and not have to secure storage robert mertz Brian Ritchhart Please DO THE RIGHT THING and approve the ETF. Not to go so goes against the freedoms that our country has stood for since the year 1776! Robert Ryder Sr. It is time to stop the manipulation of the gold & silver markets and send the "Plung Protection Team" packing. Bill Dannheim I support the Silver ETF. The free market, supply and demand, should be the determining Silver ETF considerations. Cody Wolf John Glavin Harry Nelson Ralph Bradley Edward Petka Please approve the Silver ETF. Ed Petka Jesse Jones stephen robison Michael Mazzone Jr. Wendi Wilcken frank helle aprrove the silver EFT Ernie Hill I beleive a silver ETF is critical to help restore a free market dynamic to the silver market, which in my opinion doe not currently reflect the true nature of the supply demand situation of physical silver. Sterling Sasaki Dale Sinor Silver ETF NOW Jacob Ferguson Addison Shonts Ralph Clutter I desire to buy silver to balance my investment portfolio and I want to do it with a silver ETF, rather than buy and store bulky silver. Thank you . jim approve the ideal way for the little guy to invest for future wealth Frank Wolff Please do not interfer with free maket trades. Nicholas Passarelli Jr Terence Robertson Do your job, SEC, and approve this ETF Silver Fund. John Grimmius Steve sims I support the silver ETF. NICK KOUTAS I SUPPORT THE ETF...... LET THE BULLS RUN FREE Stuart Cytryn Brandon Weir Illegal price manipulation for so many years is destroying our country and leaves us exposed to the rest of the world. End it now. Eldon Slife Donald Nelson manuel depaso depaso when the hell is our corrupt government gonna do something about the blatant manipulation and naked shorting in the silver and gold markets? are there any honest people left in washington besides ron paul. Tarn Weir My dad told me the end of price manipulation in gold and silver will guide my future. Will I live in an honest country or will I have to continue the fight for that freedom. End the manipulation now. Free the metal markets. David Meeker Tiffni Trenton The SUA must not be allowed to monopolize the market Gerald Barr Get some balls and do the right thing for the little people. Neil Charnock An open honest free market please. FRED KOVINOW LET'S HELP KEEP OUR FREE MARKETS REFLECT THE TRUE COLLECTIVE WILL OF ITS PARTICIPANTS. GO SILVER ETF! David Young Are governmental agencies established by Congress to assure a level playing field for large and small investors alike supposed to yield to the wishes of the large silver users to the detriment of small retail silver investors? Me thinks not! David Cohen I have requested a cousin securities attorney based in Manhattan conduct a thorough due diligence investigation into CFTC actions on behalf of silver longs over the past three decades to determine if there are substantive grounds for class litigation agai John Uraine I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Jose Pico Please allow a silver exchanged traded fund expediotiosly. Elaine Cruz Please approve the silver EFT, so that people like my self can invest in silver through my stocks. I have no other choice. ron bear Dwight Vandervort Joseph Brown Transaction costs discourage many individual investors from investing in silver. An ETF would help greatly. Robert Berry Harish Shah Robert Walker A silver ETF would make sense as an investment vehicle for anyone wanting to own physical silver. Please allow creation of the same. Mario Slavinec I also believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC... Tom O'Bremski I would like the SEC to approve a silver based ETF at the earliest possibility. Bob Ganzhorn Tired of hauling silver to the bank. This would be much more convenient for the older people. Jim Poehlman Matthew Fletcher Keith Cooper James Anderson Jeff Hettelsater Joe Smith kurt francis I Want to invest in a silver ETF! william muller i support the petition Louis L. Kirvay Why is it possible to have a gold ETF and not a silver ETF? The SUA has argued for years that the reason for the low silver price is that silver is plentiful. And now they claim that there is not enough silver available to support a silver ETF. Which i Robert Kelly Gordon Brown Please Approve this ETF ASAP. The Investment in Silver May just Save us from total Destruction of Paper Money. dennis vaughan I wish to see an ETF for silver. Since there is one for Gold then there should be one for silver. Thank you Garry Bishop Rand Bard I would like to see a silver ETF. I really don't appreciate a few corporations uniting to try to fix the price of silver for their own selfish uses and damaging the silver mining and exploration industry and silver bullion and coin investors. The SUA shou Leo Desharnais Dr Richard Morgan, Cancer Specialist SEMPER FI... The fiat money system is set to collapse, circa: 2006...Then, everyone will want real money: Gold & Silver.... SEMPER FI. Karl Kukat This confirms that I am in favor of instituting a silver ETF. Richard Friedlander i'm all for a fair market place for buying & selling & investing in silver harvey toulch paul shirley Dell Johnson Let the free market decide. Alexandre Cyr Beverly Brodsky As Voltaire said nearly 300 years ago, paper money always reverts to its intrinsic value--zero. The silver ETF supports free silver and real money Robert Greenstein My family need the ability to protect our financial health through a silver ETF sam rocker Thomas Vernocy Robert Roy I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. SEAN MURPHY william greeson It's time to stop the manipulation of the price of silver by the cartel! Silver should be freely traded in the market place with an etf! Daniel Cervo A Silver ETF is needed as silver is too bulky too store for the average investor. I believe silver will be one of the best investments of this decade as its effectiveness against viruses and infectious diseases becomes more well known. Ian Campbell I object to the manipulation of silver by the Silver Users Association and others. As an owner of silver I object to this manipulation and I see it as price fixing by the Silver Users Association. I believe that investigation of the Silver Users Associati Hugh Black If free and fair markets are allowed to exist this ETF must be approved as a gesture of good faith by the SEC to the investing community. Riccardo Cellere Richard G. Schillinger Please accept/approve the ETF proposal by Barclays Paul Taipale An ETF will allow the small invester to be able buy/sell silver with convenience and with a safe place to own and hold silver without digging holes in the back yard! jeff scott Stanley Clemenz I support your efforts. Stan C BOB WALLOCH I OWN SOME GOLD ETF AND WHY NOT SILVER? Richard Quataert, Jr. Yes to the Silver ETF! Bernard Massey Please approve this ETF Jim Jensen Thomas Lynch, Jr. I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased interest in silver. timothy scheehean gold has an etf, why not silver? Peter Spina SilverSeek.com supports all efforts to advance the Silver ETF into reality. Terrance Eisenbraun I don't think the SEC should regulate what people invest in. Lee Regner Gentlemen: The concerns that the Silver Users Association express as possible reasons for the disapproval of a silver ETF are inappropriate and irrelevant. A free market in silver requires that easy accesses to silver not be impeded. Thank you for yo Nicholas Thompson We need commodity EFT's like this so the small investor has a chace to invest in metals w/o being gouged by coin and bullion dealers. dean gillespie The big boys who short silver to keep the price so low should not punish us and grandchildren. Kenneth Click Dear Sirs; I urge you to approve the Barclay's Silver ETF. My reason is simple: I want the option to invest in silver using electronic investing techniques without the hassel of arranging storage for myself. I already have some silver but Blake Lawless A Silver ETF would be a good idea, and I support it. Blake Stephen St Angelo E Benavides Michael McCreary Please allow the SILVER ETF asap!!! kenneth kilfoyle who cares what the fed, the council on foreign relations, and the trilateral commision want, let er rip!!!!! Anthony Gibson Support the Silver ETF proposal. Stephanie McCreary Carole Hutchinson I am in favor of approving the Barclay's Silver ETFs; it will improve the liquidity of the silver market and allow small investors to participate in the silver markets without having to load up on the physical. What are the forces against the creation of Sami Kuisma Silver ETF must be allowed to protect the freedom of investors and public. Monopolies are illegal, both on sellers side and buyers side too. Michele Pueckler I would like to see approval of the Silver EFT. The Silver Users had their way for tooooo long. Michele P. Martin Levesque I agree Mike Barrett please support the Silver etf al burnett I support the silver etf Herb Cohn John Dillingham Rene Heine I am signing this petition in full support. Wlolfe Rauch Jack Welch Donald Shelstad I agree with the petition. Thomas Smith I do believe it should be the right of every American, in a true free and democratic government, to have the right to invest in a silver ETF. It is pathetic, and an assault on true democracy, for industry interests to attempt to stop the free flow of sil Thomas Hoog Mike Johnston silver $ gold are $, not paper Michael Eddards Ian Kramskoi Phil Warren Please approve the silver ETF. Ed Brands I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. thomas lovell daniel turner this is a great way to invest in silver and put U.S. miners to work. Ronald Pardini Cola Allen If not this Silver ETF which silver ETF? If not now, when? KEITH M. HEWITT KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK JASON! YOUR MINISTRY WILL BE TRULY BLESSED! THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADD MY NAME TO THIS PETITION. charles sexauer David Holland Please make a statement in favor of a free market economy by supporting the creation of a Silver ETF. The SUA will be thanking you when more silver comes to market as a result! Matthew Bleakney Henry Pierson How could a truly free market system not support the request for a silver ETF? JOHN BROOKS SILVER HAS BEEN BOTTLED UP WAY TOO LONG. IT'S TIME TO LET IT FIND IT'S OWN TRUE VALUE. yury bakshi RW Gross I support the proposed silver ETF. Donald Pulk Andy Freiburghaus I am strongly in favor of ETF being approved by the SEC. Thanks Robert Marentette It is needed. Susan Kitchen Please approve the Silver ETF as it will provide another needed way to invest in precious metals. Thank you. Dallas Kitchen I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Thank you. Larry Beckstead Ronnie Bartley mark gunlefinger Dave Hochhalter John Ellsworth John Duerkop Please approve the Silver ETF proposal now pending. Raymond Muffler I consider myself a long term investor. I feel that the proposed silver ETF from Barclays is good mechanism for the average investor to participate in the silver market. The gold ETF was approved last year. It is time for a silver ETF as well. Jean DUBE SUA- shame on you for being unethical. Let us have our silver ETF and level the playing field. Up with silver! James Sloan If silver is so common--currently the ratio of silver to gold is 60 to 1--and there are now 2 ETF's for gold, please approve the silver ETF for balance of opportunity for investors. Thank you. roger colbenson I think it would be a great idea. Charles Mabry Abe Peters The average investor needs this as an option to use just like the gold etf is avalable. Brian Bustamante Please allow this excellent investment vehicle to trade. Let the free market smooth out the imbalances in the silver trade. Respectfully submitted. Gerald Martin I have been buying silver stocks for couple years and believe we should have a silver EFT to buy silver backed by certificates ,rather than stocks of silver companies. Ryan Roberts It is my sincere belief that the silver ETF is needed, please approve it. Joe Daniels I wholeheartedly support the silver ETF and truly believe it should be approved by the SEC because it represents the moral backbone of the United States as a whole in that it ensures free trade and a fair market for all citizens. It provides liquidity James Gray Richard Carr Richard Jessup Other commodities have efficient means of investment. We need the same in silver, where we can invest in the physical metal. jim buffington what's an etf? DON SCHELL GO SILVER John Taylor If you do not allow this silver ETF to be formed, you are in essence admitting that you know there has been collusion to suppress the price of silver and don't care. Bert Jones I demand that the Barclay Silver ETF be approved. Anything less than full approval defies the free market system, and we do have a free market don't we? Ben Miller If the SEC prevents the silver ETF the SEC itself will have violated the Sherman Act. Mark Mackey All commodities should be traded freely;silver included. Anything less than free market trading is against capitalism and free markets. All metals should be traded freely or none at all, anything less indicates tampering and controlling markets. Bruce Litteaur The small investor like myself should have an inexpensive, safe and liquid way of purchasing, storing and selling silver. Coin dealers tend to rip you off. Michael Panagiotopoulos SILVER IS MONEY, STOP SELLING IT AT DIRT CHEAP PRICES! Greg Kyle Richard Oliver Adrian McCall SEC - Do the right thing. Approve the proposed silver ETF. Demand for this product will not go away. If you don't approve it, one of your international counterparts will. Michael Runge What's fair is fair! Robert Lafond Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk James Penny The SEC has no GOOD reason to deny it. George Dorsett The growing number of ETF's in every variety of financial investment, is enough proof of the need for an ETF for silver. Keeping the price of silver artificially low prevents the mining industry from investing in silver mining. Therefore, there will cont rob branscombe Approval is requested! Christian Wirth Scott Sowers Do it next week. Do it tomorrow. DO IT TODAY!!!! Jon Gundrum Get it right ya bums!!! w hadley The ETF is good for everyone and will improve the availability of silver to the average investor. It will assist the orderly rise for silver. Joseph Bellofatto This is an investment vehicle that I am very interested in purchasing. frank suheski please allow the silver etf. Thank you! Vaz stella Vaz Joseph John Gwynn We need a Silver ETF to reflect the true value of SILVER Edward Krieger The possibility of a fair market price for silver would be greatly enhanced by the approval of a silver ETF. Therefore,I strongly urge the approval of a silver ETF for the purpose of in- creasing investment interest.This would certainly create the envir Dan James Dear Sirs, Please do not bow to special interests lobbying efforts. Please help enable our citizens to trade freely an important commodity such as Silver,which by its nature is difficult and expensive to store safely. This ETF if approved would free us fr Klaus Lindner I encourage the approval of the silver ETF proposal by Barclay by the SEC. Mark Sztelle Please approve the Silver ETF as it will enhance investor ability to protect their wealth in a Constitutional Currency. david zimmer This would really help the average investor by making it easy to invest in Silver Frank Morine Patrick Davis All free economies can trade with real money; Gold and Silver. Glen Chastain Reality Favors Honesty. Do the thing. Michael Eck The Silver market like all markets should be free, with entry and exit as easy as possible. david bryant Richard Tyler Silver is an excellent investment vehicle, and I would appreciate the opportunity to participate in an ETF. Linda Schatz Bob Briggs Don't let the SUA kill the silver EFT. Everyone deserves the chance to own silver in any form. Gale Briggs There is no reason to stop the silver EFT, since there already gold EFT's. Alice Carroll Not allowing a SILVER ETF. would be like living in CHINA. allan evans David Westling James Word Please approve the silver ETF that Barclays wants to start. As you have approved gold ETFs, why not silver? Douglas Chuhran And quit settling paper with paper/cash. Settle with physical! Thomas Giallorenzi I want the silver ETF to be approved. John Allen To veto the silver ETF would (a) implicate the SEC and its staff in big business appeasement/ favouritism/ corruption, and would (b) deny US investors. INTEGRITY PLEASE! Glenn Diamond Please support the proposed silver ETF, and allow this important commodity to reach a fair market price. Peter Mann Overconsumption and underproduction (both a product of SUPPRESSED prices) is why a shortage exists. The ETF is PART OF THE SOLUTION - before there really is no silver left. The SUA's position is UTTERLY UNTENABLE Arnett Williams Since government regulators have allowed shorting silver on the COMEX so drastically for decades based on a pluntiful supply far exceeding that of gold; and the gold ETF's haven't hurt the gold supply, then one silver ETF shouldn't hurt the silver supply. Sigmund Fensel Larry McDonald John Sullivan I strongly support a free market for silver Arnaud LaPierre I am sorry that I do not see any cause for delay in starting the silver ETF.Prices have to go higher-not because of the ETF,but because of the silver scarcity.Price up=mining co. producing=more silver available. Thanks Marilyn Woodson I urge you to sign the OK for the ETF in Silver. It would give the average citizen a chance to buy some real money. Terry Hunt Silver ETF= YES! Robert Layton approve the silver etf Kirk Myers Git Er Done. We need an ETF for Silver. Idris Bengali Free market based trade, is what is required. Stephen Shannon Gordon Bachman Gunther Sawitzki Douglas Suttle Jr a silver etf is only logical steven birkholz I support the formation of a silver etf. i would very much like to invest in precious metals in this format. Jack Jones An ETF would give some degree of transparency to a market that looks to have been manipulated for decades Mark Heberger karl postma Henry Fauteux Victor Grimes Nate Rey In what honest, rational 'market' are the commercials ALWAYS SHORT! Blow this cabal out. Mark Aberle I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Peter A. Robinson If the Silver ETF is disallowed in US, the fund will seek to list elsewhere ... in our free market, protectionism can not last forever ... craig statler please consider this email my signature in support of the silver ETF. alec blackhall go for silver Joel Boyce Approve the Silver ETF! Lawrence Zehnder Paul Quinn I have been anxiously awaitng the begining of a silver ETF to invest my wifes 401k in what I believe is the only true and honest money, silver and gold. Thank You for your and time and Merry Christmas Paul C. Quinn Nicholas Marsick If gold can have many ETFs why can't silver have just one? Could it be that there is indeed a shortage of silver. Let free market forces prevail and a higher price for silver will encourage greater production. Increased production (especially when there i Ken Bethards C Sang The silver ETF will provide average investors with an eaiser vehicle for investing in silver buying and storing the metal. There are gold ETF, so no good reason why a free market system cannot allow a silver ETF. charles nicolette This ETF is a healthy economic diversification tool for the common investor. Do it! Wm S Douglas Newman I've been a precious metals investor for 40 years and Support this Totally, It's time things were changed for the better with a Free market without controls. william fiedor david draughon David Milton Larry Lamontagne If Barclay's proposed ETF meets legal and technical requirements,the SEC must approve it or else provide another example to show that the markets are rigged and not in favour of everyone.If the market is to be free and fair, it must be approved! Frederick Stokowski By approving the Silver ETF will give all another form of investing, which is very important in a free society. Thanks anthony abrahams i support a silver etf David Lindgren The SEC must insure that we have free markets. The Silver ETF will provide a free market for silver, and keep an industy lobbying group from keeping those in the silver industry and those that invest in it, from realizing their just returns. The Silver Michael Landfair Rob Knaapen There is no legitimite motive to block the introduction of an silver ETF. ETF's are part of the present day trading world. A world which made the US a wonderful place. jim bancroft approve the silver etf and let the markt set silver prices instead of the silver users assoc. J. Kenneth Howell I thought we were supposed to be in a free market. Why is the SEC interfering with this? Make it a "Free Market". Thank you. Donald Fleming Christian Evensen The free market is the best way to increase the supply of silver John Geltemeyer Michael Feldman As a Financial Advisor and personal investor I support the Silver ETF. I know my clients would love to have a Silver ETF as an investment alternative. JOSEPH DECRESCENZO ALBERT TERILLI mark grose i support the etf Tormi Jogeda Valid arguments for denial are difficult to find/justify: lets vote for keeping markets open. This is just another small investor investment vehicle: industrial users already have access to futures and options. Terry Polanski Why would you deny Silver investors the same opportunities Gold investors enjoy with the GOLD ETF? If you say there is no silver shortage as Ted Butler & David Morgan suggest than to me the Silver ETF should be a no brainer.Approve the Silver ETF and put Jonathan Rice What possible reason could the SEC have to not allow a silver ETF when it has been allowed for gold? Hopefully the SEC is not in the pocket of the Silver Users assoc. like the FDA is with the drug producers. gary pitman An ETF is necessary for silver so true market forces can operate as with other supply demand driven commodities. Doug Mills The dishonest practise of the "big 4" silver shorts along with the SUA has proven themselves to be crooks, all the proof you need is found in the 60:1 gold silver ratio being reduced from 16:1 while in supply deficit for 16 straight yrs!!! ingrid ryan ok etf for silver Scott Lafferty I believe that we have a right to have an ETF for silver because there are already ETF's for Gold. I also believe that no person or group of people should be able to influence the price of silver by supressing it. I believe in a fair market place for the Art Goemaat In the land of the free a FREE MARKET for me. The S-U-A Cartel does not serve us well. Beau Mackenzie I am supportive of a ETF on silver. Harold Ford I think this is great,can't wait to get in. Emrie Strohschein Jim Hanes Paul Hungate dear madam/sir, please set up an etf for silver, it will make it much easier for people like me to purchase. it would only make sense since there is an etf for gold and poor man's gold is silver, and the usa should try to help the poor. thank you, rick schaffer Bill Tufts Timothy Fong I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Glen Haag andrea ferro An ETF is necessary for silver so true market forces can operate as with other supply demand Clinton Cruickshank It is about time that silver be treated as what is is, a precious metal. Gold has several ETFs, why silver can't have at leat one ETF. It's about time we stop from treating silver as Cinderella. Rajiv Vaidyanath Every commodity has to trade to find its true value in a free market. Any suppression by vested interests alludes to corruption and criminal intent. I whole heartedly support the silver ETF. Richard Bridi The SEC has a moral obligation to give approval to a silver ETF tony craig go get em David Neufeld Trust the free market to balance supply and demand. An ETF is definietly more market oriented than the present COMEX rules. When have market distortions not caused problems? Laurence Whelan Please approve the Silver ETF. Vincent Marciano Please add my name to the Silver ETF petition. Thanks. rebecca hougher Marc Vandendriessche Why should you oppose a silver ETF when there are ETF in all kind of other commodities. Or is silver a non-public commidity, the others aren't. So why oppose the creation of the silver ETF. When you approve the silver ETF you approve frre markets. David Paller Mike Jenson Arlen Sondrol I beleive silver "ETF" should be approve soon !! E. J. Grotzinger Jr In a FREE MARKET; how could this ETF not be approved? Laila Taavola Free Market means less government. One of the things that made the US great. Laila Taavola Free Market means less government. One of the things that made the US great. Milosz Zurkowski I support the creation of the silver ETF as I believe that market forces should be allowed to operate to determine the price of commodities. bill dayton Nick Nicolaas I am in favour of free markets and Silver ETFs. Nick Nicolaas Ellsworth Carrington I would like to see an ETF system for investing in silver just as we now do for gold. Silver needs to find its own market price. Jeffrey Wolff I am in support of a Silver ETF and I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC. Jeffrey Wolff Peter Wenzel Mario Innecco Raymond Garstad Most definetly the silver ETF should be approved. Philip McKay I support the creation of the silver ETF and via this email sign the petition. Chris Reeves Markets should be flexible and not restrictive for products in demand. Barry Jacobsen Pleae approve this silver ETF as I don't own any silver and would like to invest in this proposed ETF. Hans J Rueckert Truth will set you free from bondage Daryl Boyer Rod Helm Must be free market system. Rod Helm support the set-up of a silver ETF Derrell Jordan I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade Robert Fitzmaurice Larry Klein I support a silver ETF. Silver should be a free market just as gold. Tony Stanley Let the people have Silver, don't squash the free market system !!! wilbur dobson Andrew Liepins Aleks Duncan Bob Stucky YES, YES, YES! Steve Fuller Approve the silver ETF. Jim Hamels Troy Hinstorff Troy Gordon Please set up the ETF Don't let the SUA keep blocking the free market for their own gain. Hugo Gonez Brian Proctor Please allow free markets and fairness for all investors and businesses. Allow the silver ETF. Gavin Hayres Lynn Messner Aaron Moskalik Scott Huang I strong support free market and fair opportunities, if gold and oil can be traded as ETF, why not silver? John Sheard Allow the Silver ETF Mr SEC man. Denying BGIs proposal will not make silver investment any less bullish. The "Politburo" SUA and the manipulators need to be stopped and this ETF could do it. FREDERICK STOKOWSKI I SUPPORT THE SILVER ETF - I BEG THAT IT GETS APPROVED - FREDERICK STOKOWSKI & ASSOCIATES "32 IN ALL" Kevin Landers Lets stop the manipulation of silver prices (low) and restore a free market. The SUA does not support the silver ETF. We the people will soon find out how much power the SUA really has. NATHAN LOVE NATHAN LOVE Forrest Newman Plain and simple it makes sense so silver can partisapate in a free market like other commodites Shawn Enns Keep the markets free from those Silver User Association grip. malcolm Brammer Kevin Smith Only the markets can set the price, otherwise large corrections occur when the artificial constraints breakdown. Larry Prokop Eve-Anna Simon Karl Krumm Dennis Jackson TJ MacKenzie A gold ETF was approved and now trades, I can't see why a silver ETF should be treated any different? Louis Kingsley DEAR SIRS, PLEASE LET THE SILVER ETF TO BE FORMED AND LET THE MARKET FORCES DO THEIR JOB. THANK YOU Jeremy Pace A silver ETF would give greater transparency to the silver market and open it to smaller investors. Jeff Dever I want to help promote the Free Market Trade of Silver through the Silver ETF. Todd Carpenter Philip van Loghem Am in full support of a silver ETF. This will eventually stimulate further production. Everette Parson I support the formation of a silver EFT. 1)The storage of private owned bulk silver is expensive and combersome. 2)Promotes silver ownership by the "small" investor. Hermann Ulrich I'm strogly in support of a Silver ETF.Since there is one for Gold and other products it only make sense to have one for silver as well. jason collins Perry Munger Robert Jay we have a gold etf, we need a silver etf also... William Whitener Lynn Hover If gold can have an ETF, then there's no reason silver can't have one. Robert McCrackin I believe that the silver ETF should be approved by the SEC because it will support increased liquidity and investment interest in silver for free market based trade. Lawrence Peterson Silver has been my prefered way to put a little investement aside for future medical needs. Storage is a problem. The ETF would be excellent option for my family. Darren Douglas Lee Let the market care for the things that are of value to us. Lola Hargreave It's about time something was put in place to allow silver to reach a fair market price. It is ridiculous that the gold price is still 60+ the price of silver. Wayne Burgess Robert Edwards I believe the silver ETF should be approved. Dallas Smith Let silver operate in a free market. Government action has suppressed the price for too long. Arthur F. Collins randy corgatelli randy corgatelli richard larson Michael Boulanger I vote for free markets! george moralis a silver ETF will allow small investors the opportunity ot own silver metal in the form of a "certificate" in lieu of the metal itself. A good idea. jeffrey livingston if the silver etf is refused what message does it send to the world about our "free" markets? Ronald Welch Please let the markets be free, so the little guy can purchase in affordable quantities. robert collop An ETF for silver would give it equal statis with other commodities whice is only fair. samuel grossman I sent Charmn Cox a hard copy when i saw that the silver nazis blocked me. leslie parrish Suzanne Tamang Joseph Scazzola Kari Raiha William Welch Richard Kotosky Ronald Wolf How can thousands of private investors be disruptive to the "market" yet a handfull of organized users are not? It's time for the market price to be determined by the marketplace. Please approve the ETF. The outcome will be scrutinized. Terri Jay if we have a gold etf, then it follows that we should have a silver etf...:) Gary Wolf Free trade - Why would you consider any thing different? Wayne Lusk Works for gold - Why not silver? Dan Meyer In the "land of the free" we should be able to invest as we choose in silver. Lester Becker Please approve the pending silver ETF as soon as possible. Thanks. Paul Behm I am in total support of the silver etf. Lila Britz Dan Grajczyk Mark Trudgill grant biech Morton Levy I support the silver ETF Joe Litsey Dan O'Shea Because we no longer have silver money, we need the silver ETF as a reliable form of savings that is protected from the inflation of fiat money. The silver ETF can be a life saver for many ordinary people. Cathy Holmes Mike Purvis jESSE dEmARIS jESSE dEmARIS R. Ryder Jesse DeMaris I'm in favor of the Silver ETF and believe the government should take action to address the practice of short selling in excess of the existing supply of any comodity (silver in particular). Thomas Wallace I strongly support a silver ETF, provided one ounce of silver is purchased and stored for each invested share. Jose Narvaez I support the approval of the silver ETF. I would provide an opportunity to invest in a commodity that would help maintain and protect the value of earnings, and provide a good vehicle for the growth and stability of savings. Daniel Roder Gold ETFs have been approved by the SEC. Therefore, the SEC must approve the silver ETF to be fair and balanced. To do anything else would be to give the SUA's opinion more weight than the many thousands of investors who would wish to have the freedom t Todd Casey Robert Miller We need the silver ETF to ensure fair trading practices for the commodity. Zachary Hounsome Tim Kukuska free the silver markets from manipulation!! J Yee Sherman Act of 1890 disallows anti-competitive acts.Recently, Samsung and Microsoft were brought to justice.Allow Silv ETF and ban SUA practices J Yee Stop price rigging and get 10 others to support.Continue 'til the world understands why metals had been manipulated by SUA Derek Bray robert` nicoli PLEASe make this happen Brendan Mayer The ETF should come to fruition. Roger Chipperfield Anthony Gibson A silver ETF would complement the existing gold ETF. Ramon Palma The SUA are crooks! mark moore olof dankert There is nothing against a free market. Lyle Poffenroth Let there be a free market! Neil Golding Let free markets decide the supply and demand of silver Joseph Bielawski Herbert Johnson NO OTHER ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN THE SILVER USERS ASSOCIATION EXISTS FOR CONTROLLING THE PRICE FOR THEIR OWN ADVANTAGE. Charles Rogers Sign me up Dennis Veith The entire thrust of modern financial markets has been to securitize EVERYTHING. Why not silver? David Stanford your turn mugwump.... William Turney Andrew Keen erik stanway Bob Selzler It is time to remove the chains & shackles, a silver ETF will bring honesty to the great metal Thomas Heckman Kevin Liang John Greenwood john mc dermott approve etf Roger Dyer Support the Silver ETF. Tobias Malhöfer David Busch Let the a freemarket work in silver, set it free and let the market determin! price john Foster There has been much doubt on the legitimacy & credibility of the SEC in my area. Small cap stock shorting & PM price capping are 2 grieveous complaints that i've contacted my govt. reps. about. We are observing. Daniel Ralls scott kevgas Michael Malandrucco John Kozora george kevgas ED MARTIN Tony Fleming Joe Parker Thanks. Jay Gillette In an honest market a silver ETF should not be a problem. Brian McDermott Guy Boissonneault Enough manipulation Andrew Teasdale Roberta Reschke Gold and |