Silver Headlines

Gold SWOT: Silver Reached a Record High Last Week

The best performing precious metal for the past week was silver, up about 3.6%. The metal has gained nearly 22% in the past month, previously hitting $50 an ounce in 1980 and 2011. 

Update: Tracking The Silver Bull Market, Key Channels and Fractals

Silver has recently emerged from a bottoming pattern that began around 2014, when it broke down below the channel. That bottoming pattern is very similar to the one in the early 2000s...

Technical Scoop: Job Surprise, Yield Rise, Silver High

Silver jumped 3.5%, far outpacing gold and the gold stocks. Industrial demand and the tightening supply of physical silver have led to the price rise. Can it be maintained?

Silver Blows Past $50 – And Stays Strong

Silver has doubled this year, but many miners and ETFs have not delivered the expected leverage—yet.

Bloomberg: Silver, Copper Eclipse Gold as Top Metals Bets on Supply Fears

Silver has nearly doubled this year due to a historic supply squeeze in the London market amid surging demand from India and silver-backed exchange-traded funds. Silver has outpaced gold of late, gaining more than 11% to a fresh record, while copper has climbed almost 9% and is approaching an all-time high. Institutional and retail traders are positioning for record rallies in silver and copper, with implied options volatility and trading volumes increasing, amid expectations of supply…

Bloomberg: Silver Hits Fresh Record as Strong ETF Inflows Sustain Rally

Is Silver Set Up to Crash Like 1980 and 2011?

The fundamentals support Hemke's technical analysis. Supply and demand dynamics remain extremely bullish for silver. 

Silver at $59?: Market Mechanics, Physical Strain, and the Rumours Nobody Can Ignore

The bigger story is that silver has been one of the standout performers this year, and the pace of the move is forcing investors to look past the headline price...

India to Allow Silver as Loan Collateral (Just Like Money Metals!)

Silver jewelry and coins will be allowable as collateral. Bullion, including bars, and financial products such as ETPs and mutual funds will remain ineligible.

Silver Futures Come Within 35 Cents of $60 Level

Two months ago, we saw metal get shipped from the COMEX over to London to address the shortage there. But now the spread has swung back in the other direction...