I’m not sure what you mean by “cornering the free silver market across a span of 10 years”. It sounds like by “cornered” you mean you own 7-8% of the known supply. First of all, I don’t see how that could be considered “cornered”. When I think “cornered” I think you essentially control the market…meaning if someone wants something, they basically have to come to you. By WWI, DeBeers had basically “cornered” the diamond market. Second, you say 7-8% would be enough to make a fortune. You’d have to already have a fortune to acquire 7-8% of a market that is actually worth something.
7% of the world’s silver supply is over 100,000 metric tons. The entire weight of the Statue of Liberty is 204 metric tons. So, bascially, what you’re telling me is that you and your friends would somehow come to acquire 500 Statue of Liberties made of pure silver (roughly $113,338,496,482.10 in today’s price)…and then you’d be able to make a fortune?
I’d say whatever you did to acquire $113 Billion in the first place would be your proud investment achievement.