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  • This Chart Shows "Physical" and “Paper” Silver Are the Same

    By Jordan Wathen - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: SLV, SLW, PSLV

    Silver investors often make noise of the disconnect in pricing between “paper” and “physical” silver. Many believe that the disparity is a sign of market manipulation. Why should physical silver – coins, bullion bars, or scrap silver – trade at a premium to silver on a futures exchange?

    In all reality, some small spread between paper and physical silver is tolerable, if not expected. Physical silver is costlier to store, more expensive more »

  • 2 Holes in the Goldbug Thesis

    By Robert Baillieul - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: SLV, DBC, GLD

    Oh, the lonesome goldbug. Always on the fringes of the financial community but finally vindicated after a 12-year bull run in precious metal prices. 

    However, today goldbugs are under fire. Gold and silver prices, as measured by the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEMKT: GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEMKT: SLV), are down 25% and 30% year-to-date, respectively. 

    So what went wrong? Two holes are emerging in the bull thesis. 

    No more »

  • The Three Worst Investment Decisions I’ve Ever Made

    By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: FAZ, SLV, NFLX

    I've made my fair share of bad trades over the years. But with every poor decision I've made, I've seen it as an opportunity to learn something.

    The following is a list of the three worst investment decisions I've ever had the misfortune of making, and the resulting lessons I took away from them. Hopefully, readers can avoid making these mistakes for themselves.

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  • Allied Nevada: New Management Creates Confidence

    By Peter Pham - May 1, 2013 | Tickers: ANV, ABX, SLV, GLD

    Allied Nevada’s (NYSE:ANV) stock surged after the company reported its preliminary Q1-2013 results. The business is one of the key players of Nevada’s current gold rush and owns more than 100 exploration properties at various stages of production throughout the state. The company’s stock has bounced finally after almost touching the 52-week low as it informed investors that it was going to meet its six-month guidance more »

  • Time to buy McEwen Mining

    By Vy Tran - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: GG, SLV, GDXJ, GDX, MUX, GLD

    Today is a day of extreme weakness in the monetary metals gold (GLD) and silver (SLV). Ostensibly, it is due to the draft plan by Cyprus to sell gold as part of its bailout.

    This is an interesting explanation but I believe the main reason is simply that owning gold and silver is an overcrowded trade.

    With central banks especially in Japan and USA monetizing their debt without any end more »

  • Is Silver Just Another Speculative Bubble?

    By Jordan Wathen - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: SIL, HL, SLV, PAAS, SLW, GLD

    Gold recently struck six-month lows as key players like billionaire George Soros and others cut their holdings of the yellow metal. Silver was quick to follow in the sell off. Both the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEMKT: GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEMKT: SLV) recently traded lower for five consecutive days.

    Investors are now left to wonder if the recent selling pressure is just a sign to come. If a more »

  • Investing in Gold and Silver

    By Ryan Peckyno - January 28, 2013 | Tickers: IAU, SLV, GOLD, SLW

    When I was a kid I used to go to the local coin shop with money that I earned mowing lawns and buy an ounce or two or five every now and then – usually about once a month.  Gold was too expensive for a kid from a middle class family.  But back then an ounce of silver was around $4 – $5 compared to the $30 that it is today.     

    In more »

  • The Era (Error) of Unlimited Money Printing

    By Paul Franke - January 26, 2013 | Tickers: GG, HL, SLV, GDX, GLD

    Any way you slice it, investors holding less than 10% of their assets in gold and silver do not understand the “risk” they are taking in a HYPERINFLATION scenario.  Our Covestor.com portfolios today hold about 10% in precious metals and another 15%-20% in hard assets like oil and gas, plus real estate investments.  The risk of holding gold and silver is FAR LOWER than not owning it, if a monster inflation orgy upmove starts in early 2013.  Rising rates of inflation from here would decimate bond values and pricing.  Related economic dislocations, including changing discount rates on earnings by stock investors could depress business values for years to come, much like the 1970s instance of high inflation.

  • Optimist or Pessimist? Silver or Gold?

    By mark cabaniss - January 4, 2013 | Tickers: SLV, GLD

    Gold and silver are both lower as I write this, Thursday January 3, with the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEMKT: GLD) gold physical trust with a move down of $1.97 to $161.00 (-1.21%) and the iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSEMKT: SLV) silver physical trust moving down $.74 to $28.95 (-2.48%.)  The catalyst for today's move was the release of the minutes from the mid-December more »

  • Will Silver Shine Again?

    By A. Colin Flood - December 30, 2012 | Tickers: HL, SLV, RIO

    Up, down and sideways- three ways to play Silver

  • Warning: 4 Signs Your Stock is About to Crash

    By Robert Baillieul - December 19, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BBRY, SLV, GLD, SBUX

    How to you determine if your stock is about to tank? Vigilance.

    If you want to avoid steep losses in your portfolio you must constantly monitor the health of your holdings.

    But big stock declines are rarely marked with bold warning labels. Financial statements are lagging indicators, management commentary self-serving and analysts rarely slap sell ratings on any stock.

    However, there are subtle indicators that foreshadow a stock’s collapse. Here are the top four red flags you should be on the lookout for.

  • Choosing Between Gold and Silver

    By Lior Cohen - December 7, 2012 | Tickers: ABX, SLV, RGLD, SLW, GLD

    In recent years, many investors have added precious metals to their portfolio for various reasons including hedging in case of inflation or a sharp devaluation of the dollar against other leading currencies. Despite the strong relation between gold and silver, they haven't performed the same. Moreover, silver and gold companies differ from one another in certain aspects. Let’s compare between silver and gold and between gold and silver more »

  • Got Silver?

    By Paul Franke - December 6, 2012 | Tickers: PALL, PPLT, SLV, GDX, GLD

    Our best hedge investment idea currently is direct precious metals ownership, especially holding iShares Silver Trust (NYSEMKT: SLV) in stock brokerage accounts.  With both investment and industrial demand pushing silver higher in coming years, this uniquely situated metal is in terrific position to benefit from the economic future we foresee.

  • Two Big Reasons to Consider Silver Wheaton

    By Douglas Ehrman - November 26, 2012 | Tickers: SLV, SLW

    Since Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW) reported earnings at the beginning of November, the stock has traded down by nearly 6% while the commodity, as represented by the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEMKT: SLV) is up nearly 10% (see chart). This disconnect is reason alone to take notice of the stock, but when you look inside of last quarter’s results, a second reason is revealed as well. I maintain the joint more »

  • Think Silver Is Headed Higher? That Means Good Things for Silver Wheaton

    By Joseph Harry - November 18, 2012 | Tickers: SLV, PAAS, SLW, PSLV

    Many investors, myself included, believe silver is headed upwards. Rising prices may occur as a result of the fiscal cliff, and they might go even higher on European worries. Silver, as a less expensive alternative to gold, will rise as investors seek to hedge against inflation from out of control Federal Reserve printing presses. Either way, if an investor is bullish on silver they should consider Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLWmore »)

  • Silver Wheaton & The Fiscal Cliff

    By Douglas Ehrman - November 15, 2012 | Tickers: SIL, SLV, SLW

    Despite a respectable rise in the price of silver during Wednesday’s trading session, Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW) and other silver miners experienced significant drops. Using the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEMKT: SLV) as a proxy for silver, the commodity gained 0.76%, while Silver Wheaton was off by 6.7%; using the Global X Silver Miners ETF (NYSEMKT: SIL) as a proxy for miners as a whole, that group was more »

  • Adding Gold to Your Portfolio

    By Patrick Donohue - October 28, 2012 | Tickers: ABX, FNV, GG, SLV, NEM, GLD

    We've all witnessed the surge gold has made in price over the last few years.  With central banks continuing to print money, and interest rates at all time lows, it's hard to see a reason for that trend to end.  We can all see the signs of inflation all around us, even if it's not being admitted by the governments behind the policies that are creating it more »

  • Has Silver Stalled?

    By Douglas Ehrman - October 20, 2012 | Tickers: SLV, PAAS, SLW

    Over the past weeks, a number of key economic indicators and measurements have led some to question whether those factors believed to be driving precious metal prices are legitimate catalysts. This inquiry covers both figures – including the unemployment rate and the core PPI – that come out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the very nature of the latest round of quantitative easing. While this investigation raises important questions more »

  • QE3 Throws Money at Commodities, But Prices Keep Falling

    By Chris Marasco - October 14, 2012 | Tickers: DJP, SLV, GLD, CORN, USO

    What really moves commodity prices?  That is the question being asked by investors today, who are weighing the impact of national and international supply and demand, natural disasters, and the Fed’s quantitative easing. 

    And Europe’s woes further compound the issue.  Bond investors have avoided debt from risky countries like Spain, and also do not wish to park their money in the safer, low-returning German Bund, the 10-year note more »

  • Metal ETF Battle Royal

    By Nihar Patel - October 5, 2012 | Tickers: PALL, PPLT, JJC, SLV, GLD

    Commodities should be a part of every portfolio, but trading commodities is a can of worms. It is hard enough to keep track of the stock market, and jumping into commodities would be a needless headache. Thankfully there are ETFs that allow you to take a position in commodities.

    If you want to invest in mining companies, looking at which metals are doing the best can guide you toward the more »

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