Silver Editorials & Commentary

Current investing model favors equities, therefore, investors should remain overweighed with stocks or stock ETFs for maximum growth.

This article gets to the heart of why central banks’ monetary policy will never succeed. The fundamental error is to regard economic cycles as originating in the private sector, when they are the consequence of fluctuations in credit. It draws on the author’s...

The trend for silver has been downward since mid-April, and early signs in May aren’t promising. We’ve written about the dip of silver in this space before, but the question many investors are now asking is whether or not this dip is going to find its bottom soon—or...

In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,410, and profit target at 2,200, S&P 500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P 500...

Central Bank of Ireland governor Philip Lane yesterday rejected suggestions of an Irish property bubble and that the economy is on the brink of another housing bubble and said the recent increase in house prices is not indicative of a property bubble forming.

Precious metals continue to weaken, especially silver which has declined eleven consecutive days and is now down over 10.6%. The sell-off is again almost solely a result of futures market participants pushing or manipulating prices lower – depending on your view –...

In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,410, and profit target at 2,200, S&P 500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P 500...

Last week, we talked about the effect of the French election on the gold and silver markets, and noted: Of course, traders want to know how this will affect gold and silver. As we write this, we see that silver went down 30 cents before rallying back up to where it...

The Government reported its “advance” estimate of first quarter 2017 GDP today. The data-monkeys at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the economy grew at just 0.7% annualized in Q1. This is down from the alleged 2.1% annualized growth rate in the...

The most important story of the week ended up not being in precious metals at all, but rather what happened to the stock market. That’s not unusual by any means, but even those who focus on precious metals like silver have had to shift their focus this week to the...

Current investing model favors equities, therefore, investors should remain overweighed with stocks or stock ETFs for maximum growth.

Short-term silver is on a sell signal. Silver is on a major buy signal since early 2016. Major signals can last for months and years and are suitable for long-term investors.

Donald Trump has made good on one of his most audacious campaign promises by submitting what he describes as the biggest tax cut in U.S. History. For once, at least, this does not appear to be Trumpian braggadocio. It really may be the mother of all tax cuts. But if...

One jackass (oops we mean expert) after another, has been predicting that this market is ready to crash. The problem is that these brain surgeons have been making this argument for so long it almost sounds like the definition of insanity. Insanity boils down to...

It’s a big picture view with a story to tell. People are micro-managing the VIX, talking about how it either doesn’t work anymore, if it ever did, or is forecasting extreme doom imminently (through investor complacency). But what is “imminently”? Is it next month or...

Gold fixing in London at NM Rothschild and Sons began in September 1919. Simple economics tells us that markets and prices are driven by demand and supply. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case in the silver market. However, the threat of new regulations may be...

The big announcement of the really, really big Trump Tax Plan with the “biggest tax cuts in history” came out bigly on Wednesday, as Trump promised. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, Trump’s latest tax team, beamed...

The S&P 500 index got close to the level of 2,400 yesterday, before closing slightly lower vs. its Tuesday's closing price. Is this a new short-term downtrend or just quick profit-taking action before another leg up? Will the index continue towards new record...

Last week I ran into a friend whom I’d been worrying about. He’s a real estate appraiser and his work had been drying up as interest rates rose and homeowners stopped refinancing their mortgages.

There are times when I feel pathetically lost and lonely, adrift in a sea of bewildering confusion and unnamed dreads, here in the Mogambo Bunker Of Paranoia And Despair (MBOPAD).   Dispirited by the overwhelmingly bad economic outlook everywhere (and bad everything...

After the Primary Silver Mining Industry enjoyed a brief increase in productivity over the past two years, it fell to the lowest ever in 2016.  The reason the primary silver mining industry’saverage yield increased in 2014 was due to the addition of Tahoe Resources...

Market expert and financial writer Bill Holter says elite were in a “panic” last week to try to push down the price of gold and silver. Holter explains, “You have to understand that gold is the direct competitor versus the dollar. 

In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,410, and profit target at 2,200, S&P 500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P 500...

This Update will provide both a near-term and long-term updates on the USD…and where I think it stands in its short and long-term cycles. My first two charts are the same near term daily chart. The first provides my cycle counts for the past 6 Trading Cycles.  The...

Our equity/bond model - This long-term reliable investing model provides investors with simple decision making in the markets: When the model favors stocks, investors should overweigh in equities for maximum growth.

Silver is on a major buy signal since early 2016. Major signals can last for months and years and are suitable for long-term investors.

In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,410, and profit target at 2,200, S&P 500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P 500...

– Silver, platinum and palladium see increased role as investment vehicles. – Increase in academic output on the white precious metals is in line with this. – Silver and particularly gold are safe haven assets. – Silver was a safe haven at times during which gold...

Loews Corp. (L:NYSE, 46.09) has finally made a long-awaited new acquisition, spending $1.2 billion of its $5 billion cash hoard to buy Consolidated Container Company, a plastic packaging manufacturer. If not exactly exciting, the company meets Loews' acquisition...

Forty years ago, Shenzhen, China, was a sleepy fishing village of 30,000. But in 1980, then-Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping designated the southern town as one of four special economic zones (SEZs), thereby giving it special tax benefits and preferential...

Investors and silver stackers should position themselves for falling silver levels around the globe. Peru has just posed another 12% fall in silver productino – Peak Silver is here. SRSrocco Report has drawn attention to falling silver production in Peru and how...

The Peru Ministry of Energy and Mining just released their silver production data for February, and it was a whopper to the downside.  Actually, I was quite surprised to see how much Peru’s silver production declined versus the same month last year.  Also, Peru’s...

The big trade of this year positions oneself for the upcoming US recession. In speculating and investing if one can get the main concept right, everything else falls into place. Various trades will branch off from this theme. The trade is not priced into the market...

Part II takes a look at the macro economic backdrop for the trade of the year. Spoiler alert- its not a pretty picture, but don’t think doom and gloom, instead embrace crisis and opportunity! With our understanding of the history of oil we now focus on the macro...

Delinquency rates in Single Family Residential Mortgages and other Consumer Loans began to climb through the latter half of 2016 and early 2017.  The timing of this delinquency rate increase coincided almost identically with the Fed increases in their Funds Rate. ...

In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,410, and profit target at 2,200, S&P 500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P 500...

We talked about silver for the medium-term in yesterday’s article “Silver Price Close To Major Breakout”. As discussed, the article was focused on a potential tactical breakout in silver, leading to a short to medium term bull market.

We learn, out of the blue, that “the Eurozone is performing well, but with opinions divided on the causes, doubts linger over whether it is a sustainable recovery” (Daily Telegraph, 19 April). We are also told that economic growth in the US is stalling, as evidenced...

The frustration out there is palpable. Skim the comments sections of popular financial sites like Zero Hedge or Seeking Alpha and you'll see gloom-and-doomy articles drawing responses like "You've been saying the same %^#&*! thing for years...he's a broken clock...

Our equity/bond model - This long-term reliable investing model provides investors with simple decision making in the markets: When the model favors stocks, investors should overweigh in equities for maximum growth. When the model favors bonds, investors should ...