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While my main interest is on silver, it’s hard not to think about gold, considering the age-old connection between the two main precious metals. In addition, our understanding of anything only becomes clearer after the passage of time and events....

A sharp Friday selloff erased all of gold’s gains for the week, resulting in prices ending $8 (0.4%) lower; while on the same Friday selloff, silver managed to finish the week 37 cents (1.5%) higher. As a result of silver’s...

A funny thing happened on my decades-long journey in studying what drives silver prices, namely, the more I think I’ve come to know about silver (and gold), the less I’ve become convinced about what drives prices in other asset classes...

On a holiday (Good Friday) shortened trading week, both gold and silver ended the week higher; gold by $39 (2%) and silver by 90 cents (3.7%). Silver’s relative outperformance resulted in another tightening of the silver/gold price ratio, this...

Before I address the price action this week in silver and gold, please allow me some brief comments on what I wrote about a week ago. The theme of last Wednesday’s article, “Not Just in Silver and Gold”, was to...

For a second week, gold prices fell slightly, this week by $11 (0.6%), while silver rose this week by a sharp 85 cents (3.6%). As a result of silver’s strong relative outperformance, the silver/gold price ratio tightened in by nearly...