The strength of the current silver rally, as well as the economic context in which it occurs, is a warning that this is probably it. Goodbye fake money, hello real money.
Consider what’s happening around the globe, where two of the other major silver prices are soaring substantially higher than what we’re seeing on the Comex.
It's been a wild four weeks in the physical silver space -- and the only explanations for these massive withdrawals was a conversion of paper silver shares for physical metal and/or the silver was more desperately needed elsewhere. A net 32.149 million troy ounces of silver were taken out during the prior 4-week time period. The largest 'out' amount were the 34.928 million oz. out of the COMEX...followed by the 11.477 million out of SLV.
On an episode of Soar Financially hosted by Kai Hoffmann, Stefan Gleason joined the show to explain what is driving the near-daily precious metals headlines.
Silver topped at just under $50 oz. in 1980, and again in 2011. ChatGPT says that $45-50 oz reflects full fundamental value. I would not be surprised to see it go beyond $100.
We’re seeing more movement in the gold and silver pricing, this time with some divergence, as the gold futures are currently up $86, while the silver futures are down $1.40.
The bottom line is that no one really knows what the future holds for gold, silver, and the rest of the commodity complex. But one thing is clear, and that’s the direction of the trend.
