Articles Tagged "investing"

Silver’s Future Remains Bright

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Silver spot prices dipped over 3 per cent on Thursday following gold’s retraction below the psychological $1,000 level as the US dollar picked up gains. Silver is also under selling pressure as COMEX October options expire today. Recently, several analysts and consulting firms have weighed in on silver’s [...]

Will the Next Silver Bull be Chinese?

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Most analysts have attributed the latest rally in precious metals prices to rising inflation concerns brought on by a weakening dollar. What’s supporting these inflationary fears? At first the amount of paper money being pumped into the financial system by governments trying to prop up their flailing economies [...]

Overbought Silver Offers Opportunity

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Precious metals prices are on a tear this week with gold reaching over the psychologically important $1,000 an ounce mark, the first time in six months, and silver hitting a 13-month high of $16.80 an ounce on Tuesday. Both gold and silver are reacting to inflation fears and [...]

Silver Starts September Above $15

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News After closing over $15 an ounce on Tuesday, the price of silver is up about 8 per cent over the past month. In all respects, silver is putting on a bullish display early in the September rally season. On the year, the silver price is up 32 per [...]

CFTC Regulations and Silver ETF’s

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Silver prices are benefitting from the recent optimism that the global economy has finally started on the path to recovery and that industrial demand will soon rise. Spot prices hit a high of $14.45 an ounce in early trading Tuesday. So far this year, silver has risen 26 [...]

Silver Dips on Commodities Drop

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The silver price fell almost 6 per cent on Monday to its lowest level this month at $13.82 an ounce. The dip came as traders pulled out of the commodities and equities sectors and poured into the dollar on fears that economic recovery is still a ways off. [...]

Silver Seasonal Bargains Back?

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The seasonal patterns characteristic of the latest bull run in precious metals were thrown off course last year as the economic crisis exploded and commodities across the board took massive hits. What technically should have been a memorable fall rally for precious metals prices will instead be remembered [...]

Silver Plays the Dollar

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Monday brought positive price actions in precious metals as gold and silver climbed to seven-week highs on a falling dollar and commodities rally fueled by economic optimism. Growing sentiment of economic recovery in the markets was boosted by promising global manufacturing reports, specifically out of China, the U.K., [...]

Investment Demand and Silver ETFs

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The price of silver once again tested the $14 barrier Monday as oil rallied, the dollar fell to its lowest point against the euro in over eight weeks, and risk-appetite increased. However, silver was unable to hold above this important psychological level as it tracked gold lower on [...]

Silver Prices and Economic Recovery

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Last week, the spot price of silver hit a 10-week low; however, spot prices began to recover later in the week as a faltering dollar and higher oil prices boosted its safe-haven appeal. Silver had a pre-summer doldrums rally on June 3, almost doubling its October 2008 low, [...]