Did you know the Seminole Indians refused to conduct trade using paper money? True story. When doing business with white traders, the Seminoles insisted on barter or silver coinage.

It’s all eyes on Israel and Iran today, so let’s dive right into it. Key Drivers of the Current Crisis. For many, this might appear to be a surprise, but this escalation didn't emerge from a vacuum. The current crisis represents the culmination of months of...

Silver just surged above $35 for a major decade-plus secular breakout!  Seeing this long-slumbering asset famous for huge parabolic moonshots start running again is increasingly piquing traders’ interest.  After lagging gold’s mighty cyclical bull, historical...

In the latest Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey tackles two central themes roiling markets and politics: silver’s long-awaited breakout and the persistent failure of Congress to rein in spending, despite the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” 

A few days ago Bank of America raised their silver price target to $40. And now UBS just raised their target to $40 as well.

Silver broke out last Thursday, soaring through the seemingly impenetrable resistance at $35. The bloggersphere and social media were suddenly flooded with alerts and memes headlined “Hi Ho Silver!”

Right as the silver price is breaking out again, the banks have just increased their silver short position to the second highest level in history!

Over the past week we've experienced one of the more forceful silver rallies in quite some time. And Goldman Sachs says it's not done yet.

While accounting rules are intended to foster transparency and facilitate accurate financial reporting, they can also mask the true financial state of an organization.

Consumer borrowing unexpectedly surged in April as Americans tried to get ahead of potential price increases due to tariffs. This reversed a trend of declining consumer borrowing since the beginning of the year.

Now with the silver price over $36, we're starting to see more attention on the market. CNBC even went out of their way to churn out two full paragraphs in their article about how silver just broke $36 for the first time in 13 years.

Silver has cracked a key resistance level of $35 this week blasting above $36 late in the week. The last time we saw $36 silver was in 2011, when it was on its way to a record high near $50 an ounce.

In Silver Worth $150–$170? we laid out the long-term structural case. In Gold and Silver Shine as the Fed Cuts Rates, we noted the conditions for a breakout. And in Why I’m Watching Silver Like a Hawk and Gold Like a Central Banker, we warned that the gold-to-silver...

With silver set to blast to an all-time high (and stay there), the silver miners could go ballistic. Here are today's videos and charts.

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