Silver Editorials & Commentary

Read the latest silver market commentary, editorials, essays and reports about investments and trends in the silver market and the economy in general.

 

August 4, 2026

In another move that could speed up de-dollarization, China is set to launch a payment system using digital currency. According to the Financial Times, the move could “reshape cross-border transactions, reduce reliance on the dollar, and draw Beijing closer to its ‘...

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August 2, 2026

The whole metal sector, most notably including gold, the whole metal sector is a complete sock puppet to US stock market. Stocks go down, metals are going down.

August 1, 2026

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

Our cycle indicator is down. Cycle is down. Trend is down. Stay out for now.

July 31, 2026

I’m not going to comment much at this point on the GDP report that came out, except to note that, while “real” GDP growth came in lower than most economists expected, it came in higher than I expected and higher than I believe is likely true.

JPMorgan cut its silver forecast to $60 to $65 in July, and the rest of Wall Street followed it down, but not one of those banks called the shortage over. Silver trades near $58.24 an ounce as I write this, with the gold-silver ratio around 69. That ratio is the...

July 30, 2026

Silver's had quite the rollercoaster year. And despite how it's off of its January highs, at any other time in history aside from the past 6 months, silver near $60 was unheard of. So to put it all into perspective, and help you understand what's realistic to expect...

July 29, 2026

The loudest silver story in July was a shooting war, but the more durable threat was a peaceful election in Peru, a country that digs up close to one silver ounce in six.

We all intuitively know that prices are rising faster than the Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicates. We feel the pain every time we go to the grocery store or gas station. But just how much is price inflation impacting us here on Main Street?

July 28, 2026

Let us lead off with how the Fed is improving the inflation problem for you under the direction of Trump’s newly appointed Fedhead, Kevin Warsh. Warsh is going to ease the burden of inflation on you by dumbing down the inflation gauge the Fed uses for its target to...

July 25, 2026

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

Our cycle indicator is down. Cycle is down. Trend is down. Stay out for now.

July 23, 2026

Some economists, such as Finn Kydland and Edward C. Prescott (KP)—the 2004 Nobel Laureates in economics—believe that a major cause behind economic boom-bust cycles is technology shocks. In order to validate this view, KP employed the Solow growth model (Robert Solow...

In this video, Chris Whalen breaks down exactly why silver prices are on the verge of an explosive move, the key signals the mainstream media is ignoring, and what you need to know RIGHT NOW before it's too late.

July 21, 2026

Silver is becoming increasingly discounted relative to gold, as indicated by the widening of the gold-silver ratio. In other words, silver is on sale once again.

For decades, investors largely viewed central banks as the primary force determining interest rates. According to Massif Capital founder and managing director Will Thomson, that era is beginning to end.

July 20, 2026

If you're worried about your gold or silver right now — you need to watch this entire video. What's happening in the precious metals market is NOT what mainstream media is telling you. Discussion with Rafi Farber from the Endgame Investor.

July 18, 2026

Silver is on a long term BUY signal, but may change at month end. Cycle is down. Trend is down. Stay out for now.

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

July 17, 2026

The shine has come off silver since it skyrocketed to over $100 an ounce in January. The price has dropped by over 50 percent from the record high. However, there are still reasons to be bullish on silver moving forward, including persistent supply deficits and...

Washington declined to renew the trade deal covering Mexico, the country that mines a fifth of the world's silver, and the pact now goes to review every year instead of being locked in for another sixteen, without a single ounce moving.

July 15, 2026

Has Donald Trump stumbled into a “forever war” in the Middle East, from which the US will find it difficult to extract itself? Recent events make this seem more likely. The US, of course, has been fighting a proxy war in Iran, with regional ally Israel, since Feb....

For the first time this cycle, a silver miner has filed hard numbers on a forced production cut, and a mine-safety crackdown in China is behind it, not anything the price did.

An increase in the import duty on precious metals has led to a significant shortage of physical silver in India, pushing premiums to six-month highs. The Indian government announced the 9 percent duty increase in May. The change pushed the import tax on gold and...

July 14, 2026

Despite regularly denouncing the rising socialist menace, President Trump has been pursuing a policy arguably just as, if not more, dangerous to liberty and prosperity as anything proposed by Zohran Mamdani or Bernie Sanders: using government funds to purchase...

July 13, 2026

After more than one full week of trading, silver has failed to break above $60 and stay above it. In morning trading overseas (10pm NY), silver is down 2.46% at $58.28, less than one dollar above its recent closing low of $57.30.

A video I posted on Monday (and have reposted below), which I said we would get back to, provides a big piece of the truth about the stealth recession I’ve been saying the US is experiencing. It explains why the usual jobs reports and unemployment reports are not a...

The AI bubble is growing — and when it bursts, millions of jobs won't come back. I sat down with Steven Kotler — bestselling author, peak performance expert, and one of the most clear-eyed thinkers on the future of human potential — to talk about what almost nobody...

July 11, 2026

Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Cycle is up. Trend is up. Expect new highs soon.

Cycle is down. Trend is down. Condition to buy was not met. Stay out for now.

July 10, 2026

New York's silver vaults are refilling, which looks bearish, and yet the tightness didn't vanish, it just moved to Shanghai, where buyers now pay roughly 11% over the world price.

Stocks rose and oil prices dropped today as markets and their analysts completely ignored the biggest outbreak of attacks in the Middle East in the last few weeks. Instead of sitting around the water cooler, they’re sitting around burning fuel tanks, betting that...

July 8, 2026

Jeffrey Tucker breaks down the specific silver price move that has us seriously worried, what the data is showing us about where silver is heading, and what you should be doing RIGHT NOW to protect yourself.

July 7, 2026

Silver is an amazingly useful metal. In addition to serving as money, silver is used in a wide range of applications, from the tech sector to medicine. And scientists continue to find new uses for silver.

July 6, 2026

In this video, JP Cortez breaks down the most important silver price news hitting the market right now — and why what's coming next could completely change the game for silver investors and stackers.

July 4, 2026

Silver is on a long term BUY signal. Cycle is up. Trend is down. We will wait for a low risk set up to take some trading positions.

India's silver imports collapsed 87% in May, but that is not the retreat it looks like, because the world's largest silver market now lets banks lend against the metal for the first time.

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

July 3, 2026

I came across an article on Oilprice.com that claimed the oil supply crunch from the Iran war could take crude prices down to $40/bbl! It’s been two decades since we saw prices that low, and we have certainly never seen such low prices due to an oil shortage. We...

July 2, 2026

A silver developer that will not produce an ounce until 2031 just raised over $300 million and pulled in Fresnillo, the world's largest primary silver producer, because dedicated silver supply has grown so scarce that investors are now paying for ounces still in the...

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