Silver Editorials & Commentary

I had proffered a 2324.00 Hidden Pivot here yesterday as a swing-for-the-fence number, but during this morning’s weekly tutorial session — attended by a record 30 webinar grads! — we were able to identify a new and even more ambitious target at 2403.30. Judging from...

On December 7, 2016, Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned following defeat in a national referendum, that he had supported, that would have changed the country's parliamentary system. The development, which represents just the latest sign of anti-EU...

Where is the price of platinum today? Here are some answers with these two graphs. During the period between 1990 and 2002, the price per ounce of platinum was in a channel between $330 and $ 500 per ounce.

Faced with a Tweeter-in-chief, how are investors to navigate what’s ahead? Is there a strategy behind President Trump’s outbursts; and if so, how shall investors position themselves to protect their portfolios or profit from it?

While Donald Trump's election has altered a number of aspects of the economy, investors cannot ignore economic trends that were in place before the election, says Joe McAlinden, founder of McAlinden Research Partners and former chief global strategist with Morgan...

Silver traded generally sideways in yesterday’s day session and again in the overnight session, at the time that this Post was being written. A break and close above the 17.29 high, would likely see silver rally sharply higher in an extending wave ^i^ rally.

In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,330, and profit target at 2,150, S&P500 index). OOur intraday outlook remains bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&...

After being mostly off the grid on Friday, I listened to the Trump inauguration speech on Saturday morning. While I have lots of thoughts and opinions, I want to focus on an item where I am qualified; namely my former area of expertise as someone who was in essence...

While there are thousands of ways to construct a financial portfolio, and the best fit model can be designed for each individual with the help of their personal financial advisor, in this article I would like to present one idea, a scenario that can be considered...

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

Markets are expecting a Trump economic miracle with real GDP growth estimates of 4% per year and more. The cheerleaders cite tax cuts, infrastructure spending and deregulation unleashing a wave of new economic activity. But that's not where growth comes from, argues...

Silver futures sold off hard Wednesday after peaking around mid-session, but not before generating the most promising bullish impulse leg that we’ve seen in a long while. Notice in the chart that the modest rally, which lasted for just a couple of hours, exceeded...

One of the primary themes that we've been repeating is that 2017 is going to be a wildly unpredictable year. To that end, today we begin what might be a wildly unpredictable week. Buckle up. So, let's see. What are some of the primary tenets of the heavily-promoted...

The Silver Market will experience a significant trend change in the future due the unraveling of the paper markets.  Already we are witnessing a lot of political turmoil and havoc as President-elect Donald Trump gets ready to take over the White House in the next...

Last time I discussed the possibility of a Friday the 13th sell-off. Did I really believe it would happen? Actually, the odds were better for a January 20th sell-off based on the planets and dragonfly candle stick pattern we saw on 1/12 than the 13th.

“The problem with police officers and firefighters isn’t a public-sector problem; it isn’t a problem with government; it’s a problem with the entire society. It’s what happened on Wall Street in the run-up to the subprime crisis. It’s a problem of people taking what...

2017 silver PV energy demand to ease from record, threat of copper substitution… Silver’s use in photovoltaic cells will hold strong in 2017 according to leading analysts, becoming an ever-more key source of demand and lagging only last year’s new record offtake...

Small cap stocks, as represented by the Russell 2000, have had a nice run up. However, there is compelling pattern evidence this weekend that suggests they are topping and a significant decline is fast approaching. We have three charts that suggest this forecast.

The Dow Jones is currently at historic levels, but will history record that it broke above 20,000 sometime in 2017? It certainly should. The Dow’s last all-time high closing price was on December 20th. On that day another 26.40 was all it would have taken to get...

Steve Forbes recently urged incoming President Trump to make tax cuts a priority for the first week or so of his administration. While I also would like to reduce the burden of government on the Private, Productive sector of our Economy, I think that Mr Forbes...

I have struggled to understand George Soros because he is a character riddled with contradiction. His push to break down borders by increasing immigration all over the world is undermining his desire to establish a unified Europe and a unified world. By pushing too...

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

For a long time our theme was to view all sharp pullbacks through a bullish lens as the trend based on our trend indicator was trading firmly in bullish territory. Secondly, one critical psychological component was also in our favour – and that is the masses were...

My analysis of the recent VIX action is clearly warning of a potentially massive price volatility increase in the US and global markets. Many traders use and trade the VIX as a measurement of volatility. The VIX is a measurement of the expected market volatility...

The broad stock market extended its short-term consolidation on Wednesday, as the S&P 500 index bounced off support level at 2,260, before closing up 0.3%. Will stocks continue higher before some more meaningful downward correction?

The profit margin trend at the world’s largest primary silver mining company has experienced a rapid decline over the past several years. Fresnillo PLC in Mexico, is the largest primary silver mining company in the world. Last year, Fresnillo PLC produced 47...

2017 is here and the investing world is overwhelmed with views and outlooks for the first year of Trump’s Presidency. Apparently, gold has become some sort of “disappointment” of precious metal community. Consequently, all eyes are now on silver to become the...

Silver was marginally higher with gold in yesterday’s day session and again in the overnight session as we reached a high of 16.74 at the time that this post was being written. Like gold we should now expect silver to be rallying in a very sharp rally in wave -iii...

When the debt is growing at a rapid rate, it is hugely bullish for the stock market. There is more free money to help elevate stock prices. When the federal government tries to balance the budget, it is problematic for stock prices.

Go through the late 2015/early 2016 articles published on this and similar sites and you’ll find a consensus that 2016 was going to be a really bad year. Corporate profits were falling, business inventories had spiked, and deflation was deepening in Japan and Europe...

Is it possible that wage inflation is re-emerging in the US after a 35-year hiatus? That’s what the experts seem to believe, but there are good reasons to think they will be wrong. Consider the substantial pay increase that minimum-wage workers received in many...

This week was another short week, due to the New Year holiday. We look forward to getting back to our regularly scheduled market action. The prices of both metals moved up again this week. Something very noticeable is occurring in the supply and demand fundamentals...

While economics is a science and should be treated as such, economic forecasting is both a science and an art at the same time. However, anyone can forecast. Just like anyone can forecast the weather. To do so accurately and furthermore to do so frequently is a true...

Problems in China are looming on top of an already very tenuous and misunderstood situation in the US Financial Markets. Additionally, Federal Reserve Policy has made the situation even more combustible!

What do the following headlines have in common? US wages grow at fastest pace since 2009. Euro area economy ended year with strongest growth since 2011. Surge in home prices is beating the one in mortgage rates. Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Fastest Pace in Two...

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

In our opinion speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,330, and profit target at 2,150 on S&P500 index). Our intraday outlook remains bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&...

How low and how high will the price of silver range on the PAPER markets during 2017? Knowing the influence central bankers, politicians, HFT algos, bullion banks and JPMorgan exercise over increasingly managed markets…it is impossible to answer the question, and it...

I have seen a recent flurry of articles, including one by Austrian School Economist, Frank Shostak, of the Mises Institute, discussing the evils of Fractonal Reserve Banking (FRB) regarding the Boom-Bust Cycle. While I also am a Free Market guy, subscribing to the...

Over the past 30 years, America’s economic growth and boom-bust market cycles have been fueled with abundant sources of cheap debt. Whether emerging markets or commodity-rich countries, there’s been no shortage of buyers of US debt.