Silver Editorials & Commentary

- What wages in ancient Athens can tell us about the silver price today. - Wages paid in silver in ancient Athens compared to wages today. - Silver massively undervalued compared to the past few thousand years.

Why are we getting such diverging and maddening market messages from the equity and bond markets? Which one is right? Are either right?

Following President Trump’s speech the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) easily broke 21,000, and closed at another all-time high – 21,115. The Dow closed up for the 12th consecutive day on Monday February 27, another three decade record.

Hey! Look! Here I am! Over here! I’m back! (Sound of thunderous applause). Thanks! Wonderful to be here! I know that you, like most people, are probably scratching your head quizzically, asking yourself “Who is this doofus who calls himself Mighty Magnificent...

Bulls and bears duked it out Monday with no clear winner, but I give the latter a small edge for now because buyers were able to recoup only half of the 14-point drop that began the day.  We are in any event using a bigger-picture rally target that lies more than...

One of the traditional signs of market tops is individual investors finally succumbing to the lure of apparently easy money and pouring their savings into the stock market. In the past this dumb money flowed into equity mutual funds in general. But today it’s...

In our opinion speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,410, and profit target at 2,200, S&P500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P500...

Headwinds that are starting to assail deep structural flaws in the US and global economies form the basis for my 2017 economic forecast, which looks like an all-out economic crisis building throughout the world. Some of these headwinds are global; some more locally ...

Cycle-wise, we are at a crest of the 18 month cycle, which is due to bottom in early August 2017.  Astro-wise we have a myriad of reversal aspects in this general time frame: Mars conjunct Uranus/opposite Jupiter (February 26/27); Sun conjunct Neptune (March 1);...

Through much of this young year, Gold has basked in its glow of being above where 'twas through much of the same period a year ago -- but now, 'tis not so. Price settled out the week yesterday (Friday) at 1235, which per the above panel is 25 points (-2.0%) below...

A timely question from a long-time subscriber resulted in crystalizing an idea that was on the distant periphery of my conscious thought. The great thing about the idea is that it fully incorporates all the data points up until now as I have been presenting them....

Current investing model favors equities, therefore, investors should overweigh their portfolios with stocks or stock ETFs for maximum growth.

Silver fell a very sharp 85 cents from $18.40 per ounce to as low as $17.65 per ounce yesterday for a 4.25% price fall soon after the London bullion markets closed yesterday despite no market news or corresponding sharp moves in other markets.

I have recently written a few articles discussing my directional perspective on the S&P 500 (SPX).  In fact, my long-term target has been 2537-2611SPX for years now.  Moreover, before we entered 2016, I noted that I was looking for a rally to 2300 in 2016, but...

The upcoming March 15 US debt ceiling deadline is something that is being largely ignored by markets and most media for now. Despite it being just 9 trading days away. This will change in the coming days and is one of the many reasons why we are bullish on gold.

In every annual budget debate since the 1980s, one side figures out that the way to get what it wants – which is higher spending – is to frame the request in a particular, ingenious way: We have to borrow and spend way more now if we want to borrow and spend way...

In response to the 2007-2009 financial crisis, policy-makers in the US who had absolutely no idea what caused the crisis enacted legislation that would supposedly prevent such a crisis from re-occurring. The legislation is called “The Wall Street Reform and Consumer...

The rally pattern shown with a Hidden Pivot target at 18.26 was so clear and compelling that we should assume that because the futures exceeded it decisively, they have sufficient energy for another leg up once the current correction has run its course. The more...

The World Bank just released a telling report entitled "Trade Developments in 2016: Policy Uncertainty Weighs on World Trade". Though they deflect the problems in global trade to areas such as excessive regulatory initiatives and policy uncertainty (which is true),...

Before we get into the meat of this article, we would like to state at the onset that this article is not politically orientated.  This election has probably been more divisive than any other election in U.S history. There are those who love Trump and those who...

We have found that when there is a cluster of trading days within a short period of time that are a Fibonacci number of trading days from a key top or bottom turn from the past, there is a higher than normal probability that a significant trend turn is coming around...

All major developed countries are engaging in printing their paper currencies to pop up their economies.  In this article, we study the question: With rising inflation, what will happen to the global currencies and gold?

Silver is on a major buy signal and short-term is also on a buy signal. However, speculative activity according to COT data suggests that a pullback is imminent, therefore, investors are wise not to chase current prices but wait for the next buying opportunity. 

It is my privilege now to welcome in our good friend David Morgan of The Morgan Report. David, thanks so much for joining us. It's great to have you on, as always. How are you doing so far here in 2017?

Current investing model favors equities, therefore, investors should overweigh their portfolios with stocks or stock ETFs for maximum growth.

Genuinely meaningful economic data from mainstream news sources is as rare as a transparent pronouncement from the wizards and charlatans at the Fed. Friday will provide an exception, however, since very meaningful new-home-sales figures for January are slated for...

“Changes in the Federal Funds Rate has and will always affect the US dollar. When the Federal Reserve increases the Federal Funds Rate, it normally reduces inflationary pressure and works to appreciate the dollar.

For an industrial commodity with a liquid futures market, the “term structure” of the futures market is the most useful — perhaps even the only useful — indicator of whether physical supply is tight, abundant or somewhere in between.

If the stock market’s wilding spree continues for just a few more days at its recent pitch, the rally is going to start looking like a blowoff on the daily and intraday charts. Rick’s Picks subscribers know something the bullish herd most likely does not, however,...

The triumph of Donald Trump as the champion of a revolution against the status quo assures huge economic changes in the coming year, which I’ll list below. His victory struck a shocking upset to the globalists who have steered the last sixty or more years of world...

President trump made the following crucial statement on February 9th: "We're going to be announcing something I would say over the next 2 or 3 weeks that will be phenomenal in terms of tax." To be sure, the nucleus of the President’s economic plan is the...

Every few years, it seems, one or another mismanaged eurozone country falls into one or another kind of crisis. This leads to speculation about the end of the common currency, which in turn spooks the global financial markets. Then the ECB conjures another trillion...

The annual silver production estimates for 2016 were published by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recently. Subsequently, I have gone over the figures country by country in my latest newsletter. The upshot was that the USGS estimated another record year...

Current investing model favors equities, therefore, investors should overweigh their portfolios with stocks or stock ETFs for maximum growth.

The evolution of money has entered a new paradigm where our money flows are now mostly within cyberspace. This new paradigm is now becoming global and ubiquitous as metal and paper money is being eliminated from circulation gradually and relentlessly.

I recommend a recent article to you, “The Origin of Cycles,” by Alasdair Macleod. The author describes several characteristics of business cycles and some causes. It is well worth reading. I would like to add to his presentation.

I have spent most of my life watching, writing, speaking, trading, investing, and listening to almost any and everything to do with the silver market. Given this, there are several insights that you (the market) have provided me over and over again, at a level...

We have one expert after another predicting that it is time for the markets to crash. Mind you these same chaps sang this same terrible song of Gloom in 2015 and 2016 -- and now they are singing it with the same passion in 2017. There is one noteworthy factor,...

Today’s WSJ article entitled ‘The Most Powerful Man in Washington You’ve Never Heard of’…written by Peter Conti-Brown reveals that events are rapidly changing at our centralized banking super-power institution. The Fed will soon be losing their primary legal...

2017 has thus far shown signs of life for both silver and gold, just as we saw in 2016. And while there’s plenty of optimism in the gold markets, the more intriguing question seems to be about silver: Does it have more room to move upward…and if so, how much might...