Silver Editorials & Commentary

While there have always been sound money advocates who talked about silver, what’s rather intriguing to notice is how now even the big name banks are talking about silver.

Here in Puerto Rico we are now an hour ahead of Eastern Time, as we don’t do daylight savings time. I stayed up much later than normal on election night to watch the returns. I knew fairly early, when Florida and North Carolina looked so close, we weren’t going to...

Silver remains on a major BUY signal at the end of October. SLV is on short-term buy signal. COT data is supportive for overall higher prices. 

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.

Chris Marcus (Arcadia Economics) and I discuss the elections and the implications that the final outcome will have on the precious metals sector in our weekly podcast:

The currency markets have just announced what is coming for silver. This was explained in my previous article. The USD/ZAR ratio has now broken down. This sets silver up to finish the year with a very strong rally:

Markets do not like uncertainties. Tight elections one more time provide for that uncertainty. Even when this topic will be resolved we find ourselves in times where uncertainty is spelled in capital letters. 2020 has slowly but steadily eroded one feeling certain...

Last week, we published a research article on Silver Junior Miners that garnered quite a bit of attention. We received quite a few positive comments and questions from our friends and followers. This time, we wanted to dig a little deeper into the cycles and price...

First Majestic Silver (NYSE: AG) announced record revenue in the third quarter as silver prices rallied to a seven-year high. In its earnings report released Thursday, the silver producer said that revenue generated between July and September rose to $125.9 million...

In this latest MAM Chat, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg respectfully discuss the available facts regarding COVID data and the viral impact on global economies as large parts of the EU brace for more lockdown measures. How can one balance the controversial...

Jim Rogers is not only one of the most successful investors of our era, he’s also an avid scholar of history. Seeing that the world is buried under an unprecedented mountain of debt that is requiring more and more central planner intervention to keep from imploding...

Heading into what will likely become one of the biggest events in American political history on November 3, the US stock markets are holding up quite well on Monday, November 2.  My team and I have published a number of articles recently suggesting we believe wild...

On Wednesday last week, the price of silver dropped from over $24.25 to just a bit over $23 before bouncing back to around $23.50. The next day, the price dropped again, briefly to around $22.60 before mostly recovering (but a dime to a quarter down).

Is it possible to make sense out of nonsense? So much these days is an incoherent mess.  It’s complete nonsense. Page 1 excitedly beams about a glorious rebound in GDP.  Yay economic growth! Page 2 worryingly notes the near complete failure of Siberian arctic ice to...

For me it doesn’t matter who wins the election. The person in the Oval Office is not in control of the monetary policies that form the fundamental basis for owning physical gold and silver. Regardless of which party sits in the Oval Office and Congress, the budget...

Crude oil started this week with a bearish price gap and a breakdown below the September and October lows. This is an extremely valuable indication. The black gold seems to have finally decided what the next big move is going to be, and by breaking lower, it...

Investors will start to realize the economy is not recovering in August, I said. As result, the stock market will break sometime in August or September, I said. It will likely experience an even bigger plunge as an October surprise, I said, because something about...

Silver remains on a major BUY signal at the end of October. Short-term – on buy signal. Cycle is down and a correction is in progress.

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.

There was a time when the British pound bestrode the world. More correctly, it was the gold standard behind it, the pound acting as a gold substitute between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the outbreak of the First World War. Its sound money was extended...

That’s what many expect. Speculations are getting wild about election results and how they affect the markets. Many other aspects come into play and a heated emotional debate is in play since one’s political affiliation might trigger more emotions…. Stop!

Peter Krauth compares silver and bitcoin and explains why he believes investors should own both. At the risk of offending bitcoin or silver investors, I think this is a question worth asking. I have been researching and following these assets for some time.

Silver is not just any industrial metal. Used as money for centuries, much longer than the fiat currencies have been used, with its specific properties that are also widely used in many industries (best conductor of heat and electricity), with crude oil, it is...

The best performing precious metal for the week was platinum, up 4.64 percent on perhaps sentiment that demand should pick up with more hydrogen research and production. Gold edged up on Friday as the U.S. dollar weakened on German data showing factories recovering...

According to our previous expectations and in tune with our current trading position, we've witnessed a decline in today's pre-market crude oil trading . However, this doesn’t mean that there are no changes in crude oil’s chart whatsoever.

Silver remains on a major BUY signal at the end of September. SLV is on short term buy signal. Cycle is up. 

Our benchmark SP500 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.

With hyperinflation looming, silver has to be one of the best investments of these times, especially as it leverages gold's gains. This summer saw a spectacular high volume breakout from the giant base pattern that had been forming for years, as we can see on its...

If you go to eBay you will find prices for physical Silver to be at least 20% higher per ounce than the spot price. This supply/demand imbalance is persistent now for many weeks already. Imagine the next few months not to be as favorable as typical for the investor...

US stocks are behaving amazingly well given the political and economic near-chaos of the past few months. This is probably the first recession that inflated rather than popped financial asset bubbles.

The Eurozone is bust. The deterioration of TARGET2 imbalances have been hardly noticed, but in recent months it has been alarming. Despite official denials over the years that it is a matter of concern, it is increasingly obvious that the national banks of Italy,...

Way back in 2004 (boy, how the years fly by) I wrote this article, one of first few I’d written. Deflation: A Manufacturer’s View. I was not the market nerd then that I am now. But I was very interested, coming at it from a global macro standpoint, given that...

Even in the competitive hunting/shooting community, few enthusiasts know about an arcane rifle known as a "double trigger shotgun." Essentially, it's a double-barrel shotgun having a trigger for each barrel.

In this last post for the Quarterly Report I would like to update some very long term charts for some of the US stock markets and other areas to see how this secular bull market has been progressing since the 2009 crash low. It is easy to forget the secular bull...

As global central banks’ balance sheets are exploding, with disastrous consequences, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) stands out as the “biggest hedge fund” and speculator in the world. Its balance sheet is over $1 trillion or 136% of Swiss GDP. The Fed balance sheet...

The threat of economically crippling lockdowns, the promise of unending monetary stimulus, and the uncertainty of game-changing political outcomes – this is the “new normal” for investors. The COVID pandemic won’t be eradicated anytime soon. And even when it finally...

The Japanese word for goodbye is Sayonara. But it doesn’t just mean goodbye, it means goodbye forever. Unfortunately, that is what our country is doing to American Capitalism.

In this interview, Egon von Greyerz speaks to Tom Bodrovics from Palisade Radio about the cyclical and repetitive nature of the current economic situation and shares his concerns about increasing debt and central banks’ response.

Silver prices rose nearly 163% from its Coronavirus-panic lows of $11.30 to its peak on August 6 of $29.82. However, following that incredible rise, silver has since fallen dramatically: from its August 6 peak down to its September 23 low of $21.64 is a drop of...

For years, silver was regarded as just an alternative to gold. However, in recent months, the white metal started to shine closely towards gold. With all the investment stress revolving around the latest surge of COVID-19 cases, the U.S. Presidential race, and the...