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Swiss Banks are Dumping Gold for the First Time in 50 Years

Swiss Banks are Dumping Gold for the First Time in 50 Years

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Aaron Day
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They survived empires collapsing, world wars, hyperinflation, and monetary resets. And now they’re shifting billions OUT of gold.

Not into bonds. Not into stocks. Not into crypto.

Swiss banks are among the most conservative institutions on Earth. They don’t chase trends. They don’t speculate. They don’t make impulsive reallocations. Yet in Q4 filings, they executed the largest single reallocation from gold into SILVER since 1978. And almost no one is talking about it. Not Bloomberg. Not Reuters. Not CNBC. Total silence. That’s the first red flag. Now look at why this matters:

EXTREME GOLD–SILVER RATIO The gold-to-silver ratio just crossed 90:1. That’s not normal. It has only happened three times in the last century:

→ 1941 (WWII uncertainty)

→ 1991 (post-Soviet collapse)

→ 2020 (pandemic crisis) Each time, the ratio violently corrected within about 18 months. That’s not opinion. That’s history.

INDUSTRIAL DEMAND IS COLLIDING WITH SUPPLY

Silver isn’t just monetary – it’s industrial. And demand is exploding:

→ Solar alone: ~140M ounces per year

→ EVs, 5G, medical devices, water purification. Industrial demand up 28% in three years

Meanwhile mine supply has fallen three years in a row. That’s not cyclical. That’s a structural deficit.

POSITIONING FOR A MONETARY RESET

Gold preserves wealth during stress. Silver does something different. Historically, during monetary transitions, silver multiplies.

Swiss analysts aren’t betting on next quarter. They’re positioning for a decade-scale structural shift.

Now here’s where it gets uncomfortable.

PRESSURE IS BUILDING IN THE DELIVERY SYSTEM

COMEX registered ~280M ounces of silver That’s only 77 days of global industrial demand. Historically? 180+ days.

This is the lowest inventory-to-consumption ratio since 2011. March contracts alone represent 205M ounces of paper silver.

If even 8% stands for delivery, that’s 16.4M ounces demanded – immediately.

And here’s the key detail most people miss: When institutions deploy $4.1B, they don’t buy ETFs. They take physical delivery. Allocated bars. Zurich. Singapore. Private vaults.

The system is built for paper – not synchronized physical demand from East and West at the same time. That’s how stress fractures form.

Now, to be intellectually honest:

→ One quarter doesn’t make a trend

→ Ratios can stay distorted longer than expected

→ Industrial demand could soften in a slowdown

→ Inventories can be replenished if prices rise

→ Central banks still hold gold, not silver

→ The dollar hasn’t broken yet

This isn’t certainty. It’s probability shifting. Risk management still matters. But here’s the question you should be asking: Swiss banks just moved $4.1 BILLION From gold Into silver. The most conservative banking system on the planet just made its biggest reallocation in nearly half a century.

So ask yourself: what do they see that hasn’t been priced in yet? Because when institutions like this move before the headlines… The adjustment usually isn’t easy.

I’ve studied markets for over 10 years, and I’ve called almost every major market top and bottom. Follow and turn notifications on. I’ll post the warning BEFORE it hits the headlines.

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