Silver

There does not appear to be any hint of a change in the ongoing downside pressure for gold and silver. Confirmation of a change in trend will only come after a higher high above 1300 from 2016, as seen in this weekly chart below.

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Do you think silver is poised to go higher? I sure do. That’s because I’m watching what is going on in the world’s silver ETFs. I’m also watching the mountain of forces that are piling up to push the metal higher.

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I am convinced that silver will soon explode in price in a manner of unprecedented proportions, both in terms of previous silver rallies and relative to all other commodities. By unprecedented, I mean that the price of silver will move suddenly and shockingly higher in a manner never witnessed previously, including the great price run ups in 1980 and 2011. The highest prior price level of $50 will quickly be exceeded.

There’s an unsustainably wide gulf between the gold:silver price ratio versus the gold:silver supply ratio, especially when silver demand is at an all-time high.

Why do some analysts argue that the gold:silver ratio should reflect the relative rarities of the two metals in the ground and therefore be 10:1 or lower? I don’t know, but it isn’t a valid argument. Neither is the argument that the gold:silver ratio should be around 16:1 because that’s what it averaged for hundreds of years prior to the last hundred years. So, what should it be?

We all want the best price we can get on our gold and silver purchases so I looked at the historical data to see if I could identify the best time of year to buy. I suspected January would be best, but what I found was interesting.

Is it time to back up the truck on gold and silver miners? The short answer: Not yet, We’re getting close, no doubt about it, but we still don’t have the all-clear signal. That’s why, all told, the name of the game right now for miners is caution.

…The paper markets…have had a surprising rally over the past month, one that has taken us by surprise, but we are not convinced it will continue.  The only caveat in making that assessment is the fact that, at some point, gold and silver will not look back and will do nothing but accelerate in price.  However, that condition should exhibit …