What's going on with silver?
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Silver is at $21.45 as I type. A couple years ago, I opined that I thought a fair price for silver was in the $18-20 range. Of course that was pre-Covid and money printing to infinity. Another possible factor is there have been lots of rumors that silver production has been waning. With gold now firmly above $1800 oz people may be looking at silver as relatively cheap. Even with the recent run up, the silver gold price ratio remains very high by historical standards, though it has come down somewhat from its insane levels of near 100:1. I bought almost all of my silver below $15/oz when the bullion dealers were practically giving it away in terms of their markups and don't think I was ever negative for more than a few days. And that not by much.
I'm not ready to sell, but for the first time in a while it's entering my mind.
I'm not ready to sell, but for the first time in a while it's entering my mind.
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it is only half the price it was from the 1970's lol .
i owned silver in 1987 and it was 9.20 an ounce ... 33 years it is about double .
i would say that sucked as an investment. glad i sold it decades ago
i owned silver in 1987 and it was 9.20 an ounce ... 33 years it is about double .
i would say that sucked as an investment. glad i sold it decades ago
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I bought silver in 1980 for $48/oz.mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 2:13 pm it is only half the price it was from the 1970's lol .
i owned silver in 1987 and it was 9.20 an ounce ... 33 years it is about double .
i would say that sucked as an investment. glad i sold it decades ago
I sold it later that year for $22. Fortunately I had also bought a bunch at $5 so I ended up about even.
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Silver is almost always a near to intermediate term speculation. Long term, silver has been in a bear market for around 600 years. That's not a trend I am inclined to make a long term bet against.
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$23.00 at 9:27 PM Eastern US time. Holy bleep!
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Are you going to sell, Jon?
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Not yet. When I sell I am planning to move the money into gold. I originally bought my silver as a speculation that it was cheap relative to the price of gold. Since then I have watched as the silver gold price ratio climbed to 100:1. It's now down to the high 80s. That is still fairly high though. I'd like to see it below 70 before I sell.
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Up another 8%. Silver is hot that if this were winter, I could just spread the bars around and not have to worry about heating the house. On a serious note I am starting to consider when to sell. The silver gold price ration has dropped to 80:1. That's still high from post 1973 standards, but it is lower than when I bought most of mine. IF/when silver tops $25 and the price ratio drops below 70:1 I am probably going to unload most of my stack.
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Wow. Somebody just started dumping silver. About 10 minutes it was up over $26/oz and now it's down to $24.25. That kind of movement in the space of minutes would require selling a lot of silver.
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Gold had a quick $40 drop as well.
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Gold just hit a fresh record high — but some say silver is set to outperform gold
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/investi ... rices.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/investi ... rices.html
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Good Morning Ad Orientum et al,Ad Orientem wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:08 am Gold just hit a fresh record high — but some say silver is set to outperform gold
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/investi ... rices.html
Do you think its the USD actually taking a dive??
As an aside, down here in "The Peoples Paradise", the NON-BANK vaulting services have been closed by State Government decree.
Didn't see that coming
The banks remain open however....
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2020/0 ... -lockdown/
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Hal,
What is a non-bank vaulting service? Are you saying that people's safe deposit boxes are unavailable? Does this affect eg the Perth Mint?
What is a non-bank vaulting service? Are you saying that people's safe deposit boxes are unavailable? Does this affect eg the Perth Mint?
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Hal wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:20 amGood Morning Ad Orientum et al,Ad Orientem wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:08 am Gold just hit a fresh record high — but some say silver is set to outperform gold
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/investi ... rices.html
Do you think its the USD actually taking a dive??
As an aside, down here in "The Peoples Paradise", the NON-BANK vaulting services have been closed by State Government decree.
Didn't see that coming
The banks remain open however....
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2020/0 ... -lockdown/
I think dollar weakness is part of the equation. (cf this https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/04/the-fe ... -soon.html) But in the case of silver there are other factors at work. Silver tends to be more volatile than gold. So when gold is hot, silver is often smoking. And the reverse is true. During the multi-year lag after 2011 where PMs retreated and then tread water for long period, silver got killed. The silver/gold price ratio has been climbing for years to the point where it recently topped 100:1. That was nuts. So for the last few years silver has been dirt cheap compared to gold. In addition to being undervalued as a PM, many analysts see a likely increase in industrial demand. Unlike gold, where once you get past jewelry and the occasional odd dental work, there are relatively few practical uses; silver is also an industrial metal. Techy stuff in particular consumes a lot of silver and the demand is forecast to grow. Also analysts are predicting a gradual decline in production for a variety of reasons. So in the near term, silver might well have some room to run and outperform gold.
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Hi Xan,
A non-bank vaulting service is a private vault full of safety deposit boxes, and you are correct. No access for the next six weeks!
This law affects Victoria only at the moment, so the Perth Mint in Western Australia is unaffected.
Here is an example of a private vaulting service
https://guardianvaults.com.au
ps: Any government, anywhere could enact a law like this. We also have a curfew.... its like being under occupation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6NPpO4gbeU
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I'm befuddled. What could be the virus-related rationale to shutting people out of their safe deposit boxes??
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If nothing else, it proves HB's advice to have your assets in different jurisdictions.
Honestly, I thought that PP advice was extreme, but it is actually very sound.
btw, only one visitor was allowed in the vault at a time, so its hardly a "social distancing" matter.
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Maybe the federales shut it down when they caught Mike Ehrmantraut passing a few million in gold to his granddaughter.
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It was just one coin....
https://www.perthmint.com/1-tonne-gold-coin.aspx
Mike must have been over to Perth as well
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Apparently they can get away with almost anything if they say it's because of covid.Hal wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:56 pmIf nothing else, it proves HB's advice to have your assets in different jurisdictions.
Honestly, I thought that PP advice was extreme, but it is actually very sound.
btw, only one visitor was allowed in the vault at a time, so its hardly a "social distancing" matter.
Yes, jurisdictional diversity is valuable.
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Damn, when silver gets going, it sure can go quick!
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Silver gold price ratio now down to 73:1.
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Almost 30. Man, this keeps up, I will blow some money on some puts.
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My big concern with the metals run up is that this could be the aftermath of the 2008/2009 banking crisis all over again.
It seems to me that the last time there was this kind price action it was due to a fear of inflation stemming from all the QE and stimulus. When consumer price levels didn't surge as some expected metals became less appealing and prices tanked. We'll see what happens this time...
It seems to me that the last time there was this kind price action it was due to a fear of inflation stemming from all the QE and stimulus. When consumer price levels didn't surge as some expected metals became less appealing and prices tanked. We'll see what happens this time...
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