Silver Editorials & Commentary

The Stanley Cup is the greatest trophy in the world. It’s also one of the most valuable. It’s made of silver – and a lot of it. The Stanley Cup Finals kicked off this week. The Las Vegas Knights are battling the Carolina Hurricanes for the NHL championship.

Cycle is down. Trend is down. We will wait for a cycle bottom to consider some trading positions.

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

Americans have run their credit cards to the limit. Now they’ve turned to buy-now-pay-later plans to buy gas and groceries. This is yet more evidence that American consumers are broke, stressed, and buried in debt as inflation steals their purchasing power.

Even though the silver price remains well off its highs from earlier this year, what most have already gone back to overlooking is that the same reasons that drove silver to $121 have still not gone away.

In my yesterday’s free analysis, I wrote that silver's strength was a rally into its vertex reversal, that it was likely temporary, and that the top might already be in. Today, the market answered. Silver is the weakest part of the sector, down about 1.5%.

4.8 million ounces flowed into COMEX in eleven days. That is not the surprising part. The surprising part is what drove it, and what it does to the paper-to-physical math.

For most analysts, if the gross domestic product (GDP) data shows an increase, then this is perceived as good economic news. Conversely, if the GDP data shows weakness, then this is regarded as a possible deterioration in economic conditions. Most analysts are data-...

Imagine for a moment that I’m extremely ill. I go to the doctor, and he prescribes a medication to treat my ailment. Great, right? However, the doctor forgets to ask if I’m taking any other medication. I am, and I have a drug interaction and die.

The reality for gold and silver is we're coming towards the end of an intermediate term correction. So, I'm going to discuss that more in this video. 

Silver is on a long term BUY signal. Cycle is down. Trend is down. A break is imminent.

Is AI in a bubble? It is clearly overbought with a price spike in progress. New money should not chase this hot market.

The country that buys roughly one-eighth of the world's silver has thrown a licensing gate across its own import channel, and the timing explains why.

Bank of America warned silver explosive rally may be losing its industrial foundation as solar manufacturers aggressively reduce silver usage even while physical market tightness and tariff fears continue to support prices. That's front and center. Silver gets more...

In case you think what we've seen in the silver market over the past year was stunning, just wait until you hear what technical analyst Michael Oliver is expecting for the silver price over the next few months.

By popular thinking, increases in demand cause economic growth. According to such thought, whenever the economy falls into a recession what is required is to strengthen demand. Since government is seen as an important part of total demand, what is then required is...

We talk a lot about sound money around here. Primarily, we focus on the financial impacts of unsound fiat currency on the American people. It steals their wealth and robs them of purchasing power. However, there is another pernicious aspect of fiat money that gets...

Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Trend is up. Cycle is down. New high as expected, but should see a sharp pullback soon.

Silver is on a long term BUY signal. Cycle is down. Trend is down. No set ups, no trades.

Trump says Iran talks are in "final stages." WTI crude fell 5.7% to $98.26 yesterday. Silver climbed above $76 on the news. The mechanism behind that move is worth understanding.

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) today introduced the bipartisan “System Integrity through Licensed Vault Expansion and Resilience Act” (SILVER Act), designed to derisk, modernize, and strengthen America’s precious metals market...

The thesis remains the same — although the repercussions will vary. If you’ve been perusing social media, particularly X, lately, you’ve seen a parade of pundits remarking on the debt trap that the Fed and other central banks find themselves in.

Keith Weiner, founder and CEO of Monetary Metals, discusses the latest trends in the precious metals market, reviewing the recent correction and how the war with Iran is impacting silver and precious metals.

Silver is trading at approximately $75.69 this morning, down from $87 on May 14. The drop was sharp: over 10% on May 15 alone, triggered by April PPI data showing the steepest single-month producer price spike since early 2022, which effectively erased any remaining...

My weekend Deeper Dive laid out for paying subscribers what I think is a strong case for blistering inflation, the likes of which we’ve never seen. The case is made based on facts currently on the ground that are already storming your way. It even makes a case for...

Not normal to see silver go from 30 to 120 and then back to 70 and then back to 90. I mean, come on. We cannot sustain this type of rise of cost of debt.

Spot silver hit $89 an ounce on Wednesday for a two month-high, outperforming gold which fell for a second straight session. Silver appears to be making a comeback after dropping 36% on Jan. 30, its biggest one-day fall on record.

There was a large deficit in the silver market for several years in a row and very few people are aware of it. Unless you go back and you're my age and study the silver market as long as I have, most people are unaware of it.

Silver is on a long term BUY signal. Cycle is up. Trend is down. No set ups, no trades.

Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Trend is up. Cycle is down. New high as expected, but should see a sharp pullback soon.

The Beijing summit wrapped with no formal tariff extension and no major breakthroughs. Silver priced in more than that on May 11. It is holding anyway. Here is what that tells you.

Two stories. World Gold Council says Iran's transitory war is gold's next catalyst. And second, zero hedge UBS via zero hedge. explains what is going on in silver over the last say 72 hours. 

As is typical in April, the federal government ran a budget surplus last month thanks to the influx of income tax revenue. But despite this seemingly good news, every metric reveals further deterioration in America’s fiscal situation.

The silver and gold market presents itself as a paradox when we get declines during bull markets that are normally associated with bear markets. This is especially true for silver, which declined about 50% since the recent high, which is almost like the start of the...

Silver crossed $85 this week on the back of two separate 6%-plus single-session moves: one on Iran peace optimism on May 7 and one on Trump-Xi summit anticipation on May 11. The gold-silver ratio compression to 55.46, with gold barely moving, tells you specifically...

What's driving silver right now? What are the key levels? What's the absolute key level moving forward? And is there potential for another short squeeze?

Silver's on fire again, as the price has jumped $8 in the last two days alone, and is currently sitting above $88, after even cracking over $90 at one point today. Meanwhile, inflation is soaring in response to the war, which makes it a crucial time to understand...

Something very interesting is happening in the metals and mining market right now. As you know, the winds of war have been driving every asset market. Stocks, bonds, and commodities (including gold and silver) have risen along with hopes for peace, while oil and the...

No matter how you slice the data, it keeps coming up inflation. The April CPI data did nothing to allay fears of renewed inflationary pressure as rising energy prices continued to impact the economy.

Silver surged to record highs last year, peaking at $84 in December, before climbing as high as $110 early this year. What caused this extraordinary bull run?