While gold posted a strong performance in 2024 and is most likely on its way back to its all-time high at USD 2,790 after a two-and-a-half-month consolidation, silver has been moving upward in gold’s slipstream.

The gold and silver EFP market has been in the news quite a bit over the past few weeks

US corporations' hiring plans last year totaled 769,953 workers, the fewest since 2015, according to the labor research firm Challenger, Grey, and Christmas. Private sector data shows that the need to hire new employees for all of last year was the lowest in nearly...

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

The budget deficit continues to balloon, with the Q1 2025 budget shortfall running 39.4 percent higher than the same period in fiscal 2024.

There are a lot of expectations about what silver is 'supposed' to do relative to gold. Some of which are valid, and some not so much. But how often does silver REALLY outperform gold?

We’re almost at the targets – in case of multiple markets. And we got other signs, too. The trend is likely about to change.

Last year a TD Securities analysts wrote a report about why he's expecting the next silver squeeze. And after the EFP premiums blew out in the gold and silver markets, he just said 'the silver market is sleepwalking into a squeeze right not.'

Silver tends to outperform the rest of the precious metals sector close to the end of a given rally. We’re not there YET.

Based on preliminary data, the silver market ran its fourth consecutive record market deficit last year. This was one of several silver-related stories highlighted in the latest issue of the Silver Institute’s Silver News.

President Donald Trump hasn’t even been sworn into office yet and he’s already locking horns with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. During the December Fed meeting, Powell & Company indicated that the pace of interest rate cuts will need to move more...

Visual Capitalist, a publisher known for its amazing economics-focused infographics, recently released an eye-catching infographic titled "Could Copper Be the Next Oil?" This title stems from Goldman Sachs' description of copper as "the new oil" due to its critical...

With American consumers using credit cards to make ends meet month after month, and interest rates well over 20 percent, it’s only a matter of time before the spending spree comes to an end. After all, credit cards have this inconvenient thing called a limit.

Cycle is down. Trend is down. We will wait for a new set up to trade the short side.

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