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Gold and silver prices surged higher for a second week, with gold exploding by $90 (4.3%) to yet another all-time price high and with silver adding $1.19 (5.1%) and achieving fresh year-to-date price highs (but still lower by half from...

As much as I tried to duck the question of the motivation behind why JPMorgan, in addition to sending false price signals by allowing the double-counting of recorded silver inventories under its control, would also uneconomically dump physical silver on...

It was a memorable price week in gold and silver, where a sharp two-day rally launched gold higher by $49 (2.4%), setting a new all-time closing high. Silver somewhat tagged along, ending 38 cents (1.7%), but still more than...

An objective analysis of the public data points to JPMorgan, the most important bank in the US, first having accumulated the largest stockpile of physical silver in modern times (an amount I have estimated to exceed one billion oz) from...

In a reversal of last week’s price action, gold finished higher by $22 (1.1%), while silver ended lower by 50 cents (2.2%). Gold’s much stronger relative price performance resulted in the silver/gold price ratio widening out by three points, to...

We have now reached the point in silver (and gold) where it is difficult for me to see how prices don’t quickly explode. Everything I look at, from a physical supply/demand perspective to the paper positioning set up on the...