Silver Editorials & Commentary

With gold and silver in a holding patter, this week Rafi takes a look at the serious deflationary trends going on in the banking system. This does not mean that consumer prices are falling or even rising at a slower pace.

Our cycle indicator is UP. Current data favors overall lower silver prices. A correction is in progress.

Our benchmark SP500 is on long term BUY signal. Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Trend is down. Cycle is down.

Industrial demand for silver set a record in 2023 driven by a significant increase in silver offtake in the solar energy sector. 

Copper and silver are essential metals when it comes to the transition from fossil-fueled transportation and power generation to electricity-based systems.

There was excitement aplenty as the Silver/Gold ratio broke out of the downtrend channel, because when silver moves, it MOVES. It titillates supposed ‘honest money’ advocates even though honest money is a holder of value, not a play.

The Federal Reserve held its latest meeting and press conference yesterday, where they left rates unchanged as expected.

Copper and silver are essential metals when it comes to the transition from fossil-fueled transportation and power generation to electricity-based systems.

Gold and silver prices are down sharply this morning, with gold down $38 and silver down 85 cents. But even with the precious metals off from the highs of the recent rally, the banks are continuing to write about the value in the mining stock sector.

If the hotter-than-expected March CPI data wasn't enough to convince you, there is more evidence that the "cooling inflation" we saw late last year was transitory.

If there's one myth that Keynesianism has ingrained successfully into the sound money gold and silver community, it's that higher rates are the solution to higher consumer prices. We are about to see that myth blasted into subatomic pieces so small it will...

The Federal Reserve has a $34.5 trillion problem. And the problem is growing. Yes, I’m talking about the national debt. How is the debt the Fed’s problem? It hamstrings the Fed’s ability to fight price inflation.

Our benchmark SP500 is on long term BUY signal. Oil sector is on a long term SELL signal. VIX – volatility index, VIX is now down.

Our cycle indicator is UP. Silver speculation has reached a multi year high. Cycle is up. Trend is up.

With Gov. Jim Pillen’s signature last night, Nebraska has become the 12th state to end capital gains taxes on sales of gold and silver.

Despite the blow-back the west has already received following their financial sanctions on Russia 2 years ago, which has led to an acceleration of central bank gold buying and de-dollarization, the US continues to threaten to sanction China next.

With gold and silver rallying over the past 2 months, while the threat of additional financial sanctions continues to grow seemingly by the day, precious metals investors are wondering whether the next bull market has finally begun.

The gold and silver prices have stabilized after the latest selloff, with gold now trading at $2,330 while silver is at $27.30. Although one prominent technical analyst still believes the rally we've seen in silver in particular is far from done.

The Silver Institute released its 2024 World Silver Survey last week. According to the data, silver demand outstripped supply in 2023, for the fifth year in a row.

We're joined by Willem Middelkoop, author of "The Big Reset" and founder of Commodity Discovery Fund. William shares decades of insights on the dynamic shifts in silver prices, the historical significance of market manipulations, and the ongoing geopolitical...

In a recent interview on Money Metals with Mike Maharrey, Peter Krauth, author of the book The Great Silver Bull: Crush Inflation and Profit as the Dollar Dies, discussed the intricacies of silver as both a commodity and an investment. Maharrey commended Krauth on...

Silver is on a long term BUY signal. Cycle is up. Trend is up.

Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds. Our benchmark SP500 is on long term BUY signal. Oil sector is on a long term SELL signal.

Silver demand outstripped supply for the third straight year in 2023. Silver mine output fell by 1 percent to 830.5 million ounces last year, according to the final data released by the Silver Institute.

Vince Lanci has been covering the deluge of bank reports that have been upgrading their gold price targets. But today he looks at silver, and a bullish report by Citi that includes an upgrade to over $30 per ounce.

Over the 2 year bear market in silver, one of the primary reasons the market struggled so much was that there was little investment by the institutional funds.

Confidence in Western financial markets has already been shaken enough by the 20% devaluation of the dollar over the last few years. But now the European Commission wants to hand Ukraine $300 billion seized from Russia. Doing so likely would sound the death knell...

Americans throw away millions of dollars in coins every year. That's because American money is junk. But that wasn’t always the case.

With gold still hovering just under $2,400, while silver sits at $28.50, one of the standout features of the rally is how aggressively the bullion banks have been raising their targets.

It was deja vu all over again. The Biden administration ran yet another massive budget deficit in March. Tax receipts were up last month compared to February, but so was spending. That led to a $236.46 billion budget shortfall, according to the latest Monthly...

Silver endured a significant selloff last Friday. Was this another step forward in the bull market? This may seem counterintuitive, but GoldMoney founder James Turk thinks it was a positive sign for silver bulls. 

They say nothing is certain but death and taxes. No matter what you do, the Grim Reaper and the taxman always show up eventually. Well, folks, it’s April 15.

Dave Collum, a Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University, returns to the show. We dive deep into the dynamics of the precious metals market, particularly focusing on silver's performance and the speculation around Comex shortages.

Day after day, gold reaches new highs. Silver, just crossing $29, is only now starting to catch up. The miners are still extremely cheap relative to the price of the precious metals that they mine, so while this rally in mining stacks has been nice, it is not that...

Silver has done really well in recent weeks ascending towards “round number” resistance at $30 but that’s where it “decided to call it a day” on Friday with a big ugly reversal candle forming on heavy volume – a “gravestone doji.”

Our benchmark SP500 is on long term BUY signal. Oil sector is on a long term SELL signal. Our long term stocks/bond model remains in favor of equities over bonds.

In a high-stakes showdown with Gov. Andy Beshear over a gold and silver sales tax exemption, the Kentucky legislature today deemed his attempted line-item veto as an illegal act -- and directed the Secretary of State to enroll the exemption into law.

Indians are known to have a love affair with gold. India ranks as the number two gold-consuming country in the world behind only China.  But Indians are also pretty fond of silver. In fact, India is the world's biggest silver consumer. 

It appears cooling price inflation was “transitory” to borrow a favorite Federal Reserve term from a bygone era. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March was hotter than expected by every metric.