The most popular question I have been getting from my subscribers lately is what will we see in the price of silver at the end of the year? It is a good question for several reasons that I will explain below. Spot Price I have written several articles on how the spot price is calculated…

The diversity of the Egyptian Gods Series continues to deepen as the collection hits its eighth design release overall. The recent return of this series after a multi-year hiatus has been met with strong demand from collectors. Each design released since the restart of the series with the Osiris design has been met with higher…

We have been covering the shortage in silver over the last four years in recent articles, and this story will be a continuation on that theme. More than that, it serves as a prediction for what could happen in 2023 if current trends continue unabated. Defining Shortages We define shortages as more demand than supply,…

In my first article at JM Bullion, I pointed out the declining silver inventories in the Western precious metals markets. I used the following chart to illustrate how, since the silver squeeze movement occurring from Jan to February of 2021, market players have been moving silver out of the COMEX warehouses.   Western Silver Inventories…

When doing research, I often come across different stories written from periods of past recessions that I find very interesting. Often times they offer not only a deeper glimpse into the times, but often are contrarian to popular opinion on the subject. And lo and behold, I found an article on the Fed website regarding…

Among the major holidays that fall in the final months of the calendar year, Thanksgiving is perhaps the least likely to be considered a gift-giving holiday. Halloween has a festive air and plenty of children are “gifted” candy while out Trick-or-Treating. Religious and other secular holidays falling around Christmas are also commonly known as gift-giving…

I have been saying all year that we will really get a bead on certain aspects of the economy when we get to the holiday season. Ladies and gentlemen, here we are fully past Halloween and into the shopping season. Can you believe it? Stores have had their seasonal Thanksgiving and Christmas gear out since…

I am writing this article on election day here in the US to discuss the path of gold forward when elections occur because they are unique events that only happen every few years. What might we expect to happen after the election? Here is a preview of what experts say should come next. Per the…

Energy prices are a big input cost to the mining process. This may matter to you for two main reasons. First, mining is how we get our gold and silver, and higher mining costs will mean higher gold and silver prices. Second, most materials we use in industry are either farmed or mined, so rising…

The UK economic crisis has come a bit unexpectedly to analysts who had been focusing on the fiscal problems occurring in the US, Japan, Europe, and much of the Middle East. Some blame the issues on Brexit, some on bad economic policies, and some on the energy situation. It is possible quite a few of…

The market news today is a bit disconcerting. We had quite the rebound recently in the US stock markets as optimism about corporate earnings and job gains were signaling an economic rebound. But that rebound didn’t last long, as markets are down today on news that US Treasury bond rates continue to rise, as per…

As I wrote in my recent article, a rising dollar can have a short-term negative effect on the price of gold and silver. Traders often look at a ‘strong’ dollar and believe that the market will continue to demand dollars. After all, the dollar is the world reserve currency and is considered a safe haven in…