Silver Editorials & Commentary

Our August 19 breakdown prediction from months ago has really taken root with many of our followers and readers.  We’ve been getting emails and messages from hundreds of our followers asking for updates regarding this prediction.  Well, here is the last update...

Large precious metals speculators cut back on their bullish net positions in the Silver Futures markets again this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.

Silver is on a new major BUY signal. SLV is on short-term buy signal. COT data is now at levels of previous tops. Short-term can be very volatile, focus on the long term.

The long-term signal on the broad market is up. However, the current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should continue to overweigh with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

So it happened – oil reversed lower and we were right there. While yesterday’s downswing has been partially retraced, and oil is trading close to unchanged today, there’re still plenty of valuable clues as to the upcoming price action. Let’s dive in to see how they...

Let’s take a look at how the average consumer is doing. I’ll call this typical consumer “Bubba” because I just read an article that claimed “Bubba’s doing better today than at any time since before the Korean War.” It disgusted me because I found it to be such a...

Gold has been all the rage lately as the yellow metal has made a return to the front page of the financial news. Gold broke out of its $331.30 trading range dating back to 2014 to the upside in June. The price has moved to over $1500 per ounce and remained not far...

The discussion of negative interest rates in the United States has now officially gone mainstream, with the front page of the August 12, 2019 print edition of the Wall Street Journal carrying a prominent discussion of the possibility.

In this last segment of our multi-part research post regarding the US Fed and the global central banks, it is becoming evident that the fear of a further market contraction is resulting in the decrease in rates and the push for additional QE functions.

The World Silver Survey 2019 Review, the institute’s annual World Silver Survey said that global silver demand hit a three-year high in 2018, surpassing more than one billion ounces, an increase of 4% from 2017.

KISS is an acronym for Keep It Simple, Stupid. But in these politically correct days, think of K.I.S.S. as Keep It Super Simple. For silver relevant versions of KISS, see below.

Oil bulls are a battle-hardened species. Not only have they rebuffed the bears’ attack to close higher yesterday, they’ve been building upon their gains earlier today too. Right now, they’re in the vicinity of an important resistance level. Will they manage to break...

Major stock markets globally fell for a third straight day today. Fears about a deepening and global trade war, protests in Hong Kong and a crash in Argentina’s peso currency led to safe haven demand for bonds, gold and silver

If you buy shares in a silver mining company, you will have to assume additional market risks compared to ownership of silver bullion. You may wish to do so in order to potentially gain leveraged exposure to silver prices.

Friday’s trading session was bearish, as stock retraced their Thursday’s advance. However, the S&P 500 index remained above the 2,900 mark. So will the short-term uptrend reverse? Or is this just a downward correction before another leg up?

The best performing metal this week was silver, up 4.78 percent. Silver had been somewhat detached from gold’s price changes, but now with recession odds rising, silver is catching its bid. Gold traders and analysts were bullish on their outlook for the yellow metal...

Copper is a fairly strong measure of the strength and capacity of the global economy and global manufacturing.  Right now, Copper has been under quite a bit of pricing pressure and has fallen from levels above $4.50 (near 2011) to levels near $2.55.  Most recently,...

Oh my gosh, what a load of BULL I keep reading among the gurus who whine about negative headlines and complain that this unmerited negativity is the only thing that is killing the bull market. Bull.

Silver is on a new major BUY signal. SLV is on short-term buy signal. Long-term – on new BUY signal. Short-term – on buy signal. Cycle is up. COT data is at levels of previous tops, expect a multi week correction anytime. Stay focused, and stay long. 

The long-term signal on the broad market is up. However, the current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should continue to overweigh with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

The following is my recent argument with yet one more market analyst who can’t see straight, even when his article overall was admitting it was time to bail out of stocks. Correcting the market mantras that dominate the bullheaded is partly why I am here.

The US stock markets are becoming more unstable, fueling mounting anxiety about what’s likely coming. After surging to new all-time-record highs in late July, stocks plunged in a sharp pullback as the US-China trade war escalated. Stock markets’ resiliency in the...

Don’t be fooled by the apparent indecision in some currency pairs while we see the others moving to fresh 2019 extremes. Such an action smells of cashing profits and identifying new trading setups, which is exactly the subject of today’s Alert.

Growing evidence of a severe global recession is sure to provoke more aggressive monetary policies from central banks. They had hoped to have the leeway to cut interest rates significantly after normalising them. That hasn’t happened.

The late John Scarne, one of the world great experts on gambling, once wrote a treatise explaining why you can’t win at three-card monte. That’s the game where a grifter lays three playing cards on a makeshift table, instructing you to follow the queen. He turns...

On June 12, I wrote, The market is moving into waiting mode as the Fed’s next FOMC meeting where they have the opportunity to live up to the rate-cutting hopes they’ve raised come next week. As it does, it is forming that topping pattern that keeps repeating at this...

Over the past week, our members have been emailing us and asking us “what's going to happen next” and “any updates on the move in metals and the US stock markets”.  With this incredible downside move prompted by the US Fed and the US/China trade talk failure, it...

Welcome to this week’s Metals & Markets wrap, I am your host James Anderson of SD Bullion. With us this week a returning guest, Mr. Jeffrey Christian, Managing Director of the CPM Group.

The charts we will look at in this update suggest that this is a perfect shorting setup that you see “once in a blue moon”. On the 3-year chart for the S&P500 index we can see that it has essentially been trending higher all year, but has now arrived at an...

While motorists continue to enjoy the benefits of a longstanding supply glut in crude oil, car manufacturers are becoming increasingly worried about shortages. Not in liquid fuels, but in metals.

Over the past few days, we've received hundreds of emails from our followers and members asking if this is the big breakdown that everyone has been expecting in the markets.  Yes, we've warned that it will likely happen before the end of 2019, but we've also been...

Silver is on a new major BUY signal. Major signals can last for months and years and are suitable for long-term investors.

The long-term signal on the broad market is up. However, the current investing model favors bonds, therefore, investors should continue to overweigh with long bonds or bond ETFs for safety.

Trump’s tariff threat hasn’t served oil prices well. They folded like a cheap suit. While they’re rebounding today, the decline could very well be far from over. How likely is that? Let’s find out.

Breaking News: COMEX paper gold contracts closed on Friday, July 26, at $1,419, up from $1,274 on May 22. Silver closed at $16.40, up from $14.41 on May 29. The S&P 500 Index hit a new all-time high over 3,000 on July 26.

Following months of cajoling by the White House, the Federal Reserve finally cut its benchmark interest rate. However, the reaction in equity and currency markets was not the one President Donald Trump wanted – or many traders anticipated.

Stocks turned lower on Wednesday, as investors reacted to the Fed’s interest rate cut. The S&P 500 index broke below the 3,000 mark and it got closer to the early May local high of around 2,954. Then the index slightly bounced before closing 1.1% lower. So is...

It should have been no surprise that Boris Johnson is now Prime Minister. It should also be no surprise he will implement Brexit on 31 October, the last date agreed between Mrs May’s government and the EU. Johnson was elected by Conservative constituency members to...

Today is the day for the US Fed to announce their rate decision and we believe the 25 basis point rate cut is the only option they have at the moment that will attempt to settle foreign market fears and allow for a suitable “unwinding” of the credit/debt “setup” we...

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