With silver nearing $29 and starting to pull ahead of gold finally, a break of the 5-year-old triple top at $30 looks imminent. Back in the 1970s, the final test of the triple top at $6.50 occurred in the last week of October 1978, and the breakthrough occurred in...

Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Trend is down. Cycle is up. VIX is down.

If you follow alternative financial media, you'll often hear dollars derisively referred to as "fiat currency." What exactly does this term mean and why is it often used as a slur?

While China has been buying large amounts of gold for years now, one new development we've seen recently is that they continue to gain more influence over how and where the precious metals are traded.

The silver price rebounded on Monday, trading a dollar higher following a 2 week correction. Which was a healthy sign, and in contrast to the way we've seen silver trade in past years, where once a peak was hit, the corrections were often severe and prolonged.

We're seeing the sanctions heat up again, while rates have risen in the US, which has led to a new level of pressure on global financial system.

The Federal Reserve is losing billions of dollars. As financial journalist and market analyst Jim Grant put it during a recent interview on Fox Business, the Fed is actually broke.

In another stagflation warning sign, the U.S. service sector contracted in April even as service prices rose. The Institute for Supply Management's non-manufacturing PMI dropped to 49.4 in April, dipping from 51.4 in March. The expectation was for the index to...

When it comes to cuts in interest rates, investors stubbornly cling to the notion that “no” means “yes”. In the movie, Dumb And Dumber, Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) asks the lovely lady he is pursuing what the odds are that the two of them might get together; and,...

With gold and silver in a holding patter, this week Rafi takes a look at the serious deflationary trends going on in the banking system. This does not mean that consumer prices are falling or even rising at a slower pace.

Our cycle indicator is UP. Current data favors overall lower silver prices. A correction is in progress.

Our benchmark SP500 is on long term BUY signal. Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Trend is down. Cycle is down.

Industrial demand for silver set a record in 2023 driven by a significant increase in silver offtake in the solar energy sector. 

Copper and silver are essential metals when it comes to the transition from fossil-fueled transportation and power generation to electricity-based systems.

There was excitement aplenty as the Silver/Gold ratio broke out of the downtrend channel, because when silver moves, it MOVES. It titillates supposed ‘honest money’ advocates even though honest money is a holder of value, not a play.