Silver Editorials & Commentary

The Fed’s policy tools – interest rate manipulation, quantitative easing, and “Special Purpose Vehicles” – have all failed to revive local economies suffering from government-mandated shutdowns. The Fed must rely on private banks to inject credit into Main Street,...

Want to see a crystal-clear picture of who has been helped the most by decades of trickle-down economics, who has gone nowhere and who has actually gone slightly downhill? Well, here you go:

It was just two days ago, that we wrote about last week’s slide in the silver price from around $24, to around $22.50. Well, yesterday and today the price ascended back to around $24. The question is whether silver is now just as scarce as it was, scarcer, or more...

U.S. stocks recovered Monday’s losses and kicked off December with more gains. The rallies we saw in November continued on to start the final month of 2020 - a year which has been quite trying and difficult.

From trading down to a $21 Monday morning to surging 10% higher by Tuesday afternoon, it looks like the bottom is in. Chris Vermeulen joins the Silver Doctors for a robust discussion on the current market technicals for silver. The charts are signaling a silver...

Cook: What is the reason for the extreme price volatility in the silver market? Butler: We're reaching the end of the line, in terms of the final resolution and the train is shaking so much, it looks to be coming off the tracks.

Gold and Silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs), a measure of large investor interest, are experiencing outflows as opposed to an almost interrupted inflow over the last few months.

Even with Covid-19 fear-mongering ratcheted to-the-max, the stock market continues to defy gravity and common sense. A Dr. Andre Campbell warned over the weekend that "we could be facing an apocalypse by Christmas" due to the growing number of hospitalizations.

The stock market and economy appear to be doing ok for the moment, as the incredibly dangerous bubble inflates further. This optimism is predicated on a plethora of COVID-19 Vaccines, which are projected to bring the economy back to its pre-COVID state of health. ...

Markets last week rallied in a post-Thanksgiving shortened trading day. The Dow Jones closed higher by 37.90 points, or 0.13% at 29,910.37. The S&P 500 notched another record closing high and gained 0.24%, while The Nasdaq also closed at a record high and...

Silver remains on a major BUY signal at the end of October. Long-term – on BUY signal as of end of October. Short-term – on sell signal. Cycle is down, a correction is in progress. We are holding long-term positions. 

Covid has a dramatic impact on productivity and business. As such, the burdens on governments and their budgets are enormous. The likelihood of a fiscal stimulus in U.S. to have fruitful effects to produce economic growth and as such value is extremely diminished....

Our benchmark S&P500 is on a long-term BUY signal. However, the current investing model remains in favor of bonds, therefore, investors should continue to overweigh with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety over growth. This WILL change at month end.

The silver miners’ stocks have been grinding lower on balance since early August in a healthy correction. This necessary rebalancing is achieving its mission of dampening enthusiasm, paving the way for this sector’s next bull upleg. Rebounding from governments’...

It’s time for my semi-regular roundup of where the economy has gone since the last roundup, and … It’s a long line of devilish details. Retail sales have recovered, but not enough on the upside where they stalled out in October, to compensate for earlier losses to...

Confidence in American politics is now rarer than gold. The U.S. election system, once sacrosanct, is losing the trust of half the country. Which half will depend on the outcome of Donald Trump’s efforts in the courts to demonstrate widespread fraud.

The evolution of humankind supposedly goes something like this: From a void and through a series of serendipitous happenstances arose; galaxies, the Earthly Primordial ooze, Bacteria, Monkeys, and eventually homo sapiens (wise man). The evolution of the Fed is...

With more money printing than ever, and record silver and gold deliveries on the COMEX this year, many are wondering how the traditionally large December delivery cycle will play out.

The stock market is under heavy distribution, and for good reason: Even if the vaccines we've been reading about lately are as effective as claimed, they will be too late to prevent tens of thousands of U.S. business from going under. 

When it comes to silver, Americans are leading the world in hedging their bets in the shiny metal.  This year, Americans have purchased one out of every three ounces of physical silver bar and coin compared to the rest of the world.  And, that’s not all.  If we also...

The correction in the precious metals sector continues and seeks to undermine investor confidence more through time than by time. While the price of gold at US$1.870 is down around 10% and the price of silver at US$24.15 is down around 20% from the August highs, the...

Let us speak of megabanks and global corporations, chicanery and swine, and speak of how the great have feasted in the troughs of trillions dumped out by the present administration, congress, and the Fed, for 2020 makes the bailouts of the Great Recession look like...

Silver remains on a major BUY signal at the end of October. Long-term – on BUY signal as of end of October. Short-term – on buy signal. Cycle is up. We are holding long-term positions.

Our benchmark S&P500 is on a long term BUY signal. However, the current investing model remains in favor of bonds, therefore, investors should continue to overweigh with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety over growth. This may change at month end.

There’s a lot going on in the financial markets right now. And the well-renowned Michael Pento joined me on the show to share what he’s seeing, how he’s responding to the election from an investment standpoint, and what he sees for silver and gold in 2021.

As a trader, you can occupy your mind with a lot of data and create scenarios for each different event. This will create an unmanageable workflow plan since anything, and everything can move the markets. A more principle-based approach is grouping all events into...

The Silver Market is just one step away from another MASSIVE BUYING WAVE and is just waiting for the next leg to drop in the global economy and financial system to do so.  With silver investment demand to account for nearly 75% of the global mine supply this year,...

MarketWatch used to pick up my posts on rare occasion but has not done so for a long time. Maybe they think I make fun of some of their articles or something. I don’t know what would give them that idea. I actually find MarketWatch useful in ironic and non-ironic...

As Washington borrows and spends to keep the pandemic lockdown from turning into a Greater Depression, federal government debt is approaching the same percentage of GDP as during WW II. This is a nice journalistic hook, especially because the story – as told by the...

Earlier this week the gold and silver prices were clobbered, with no apparent news being responsible for the move. Precious metals dealer Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin explains that it was the Wall Street algorithm again, and he talks about how his gold and...

The biggest factor in whether your metals investment will make money will often be whether or not you purchase your metal at a fair price. It is easy to compare prices and avoid getting ripped off, but investors must take the time to do it. If a would-be investor’s...

The Fed always does its job. So, just what is their job? And, how well do they perform? For the answer to the first question, one statement will suffice: The Fed’s job is to create money; at all times and in all seasons. 

Silver remains on a major BUY signal at the end of October. Major signals can last for months and years and are suitable for long-term investors. SLV is on short-term buy signal. Short term signals can last for days to weeks and are more suitable for traders.

Our benchmark S&P500 is on a long-term BUY signal. However, the current investing model remains in favor of bonds, therefore, investors should continue to overweigh with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety over growth. This may change at month end.

You might remember being excited last Monday when the Silver market had a strong down day. You were possibly observing price movements more engaged than on typical trading days. On volatile or strong directional days one feels more compelled to execute trades....

In this month’s update, Andrew Maguire of Kinesis Money reports that now there’s one bank that’s lifting offers and buying any silver in sight in front of the December COMEX delivery, regardless of what the premium is.

Is silver leading Bitcoin or is Bitcoin leading silver? Well, it depends on which time framing one is looking at. On this chart comparison below, silver appears to be leading the way higher compared to Bitcoin:

A peak in global average temperatures in 2015-16 is foretelling a bottom for long-term bond yields. But to understand that point, I need to explain this week’s chart.

It’s more likely that the stock market will correct to reflect the worst economic situation in recent times than for market euphoria to continue, this according to Peter Grandich, founder of Peter Grandich & Co.

The advance estimate of Q3 GDP was released on Thursday, October 29th. The headline number was 33.1% (annualized rate) vs 31% expected and negative 31.4% for Q2. This was John Williams’ (Shadowstats.com) comment on the headline number: “ShadowStats contends that the...