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The silver market is only 1/10th the size of the gold market so it’s prone to crisis-driven upside explosions as money floods into it during periods of high inflation and, today, the stage is set for an explosion in inflation. I expect it to kick off a crisis-driven mania into silver like what happened in 1980 and, adjusted for today’s prices, that means silver soaring above $160 a [troy] ounce.

Hyper-inflation will spread from country to country just as the coronavirus has starting most likely in the U.S. and within the EU quickly be followed by Japan and most other developing countries. Got gold?

Things are going to get worse before they get better but I expect this bear market to end at some point this summer and, in the meantime I plan to....

The question of how much gold or silver one should hold is a common one. The answer is usually expressed in terms of portfolio percentages, as in 10 – 20% of one’s investments. Such an answer is without basis. Why is 15%, for example, any better than 100% or 0%?

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