RE: The cupboards are bare! A GOLDEN opportuntity!No SUCKERS hold gold, silver or any PM for that matter. Gold has NO LIABILITIES. RY on the other hand has about.............hmmmmm let me see..................oh yeah, about 5 trillion dollars in liabilities!!!!!!! Financial companies & the media are trying to recruit as many "investors" as possible to off load their bad paper and let someone else at least partially hold the bag.
No fear mongering is needed to scare people away from financial stocks. RY management has done their level best to ensure everyone will be scared for quite a while.
Smush, you are correct that the Royal Canadian Mint is about the only place right now where you can acquire gold coins without a delay. They tend to charge a hefty premium over the spot price but since the spot price for gold is artificially low, even the coins at the mint are looking reasonable.
El-Mark-O