Recent articles trumpeting silver’s outperformance relative to gold and some ridiculous price projections are a bit too much. Missing from most of the extremely positive commentary is a dose of reality. Below are three charts (source)...
SILVER COIN PREMIUM COLLAPSEAs starry-eyed investors bask in the glory of a silver price which penetrated $30 oz. on Friday, it seems like a good time to review what has happened to the premiums attached to silver coins. I have written...
INVESTORS AND RATE CUTSWhen it comes to cuts in interest rates, investors stubbornly cling to the notion that “no” means “yes”. In the movie, Dumb And Dumber, Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) asks the lovely lady he is pursuing what the odds...
The money supply continues to fall, but investors don’t seem to care. They are convinced that their success is connected to a potential Fed shift in interest rate policy. Nothing else seems to matter. That is partially attributable to...
Over the years (and decades) silver travels a path fraught with excitement and disappointment. Both the excitement and the disappointment stem from three things that are killing silver – unrealistic expectations, inflation, and time....
SILVER COIN PREMIUMS ARE SMALLER One year ago I published the article Silver Coin Premiums – Another Collapse?. In it, I expressed concern about the high premiums being paid by stackers and others for the privilege of owning...
SILVER – HOW HIGH CAN IT GO?The price of silver jumped higher by nearly $2 oz. over a two-day period last week. The white metal now sits just under $25 oz. and this is depicted on the chart (source) below…Silver Prices – 1 Year ChartWall...
Do cryptocurrencies still have value? Some would say yes, absolutely. Others might be rethinking previous expectations for cryptocurrencies. We give the nod to the former – with some strong caveats.The value of cryptocurrencies has to do...
IS BITCOIN STILL THE NEXT BIG THING?Remember when Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were the “next big thing”? For most investors, it was only because the prices were going up in radical fashion.The anticipation of hitting it big coupled...
SILVER IS A BARGAIN Silver fever is rising. Calls for $100 silver (see $100 Silver Has Come And Gone) and higher echo loudly. With its price close to $25 oz. after being as low as $18 oz. last fall, now would be a good time...