Articles Tagged "investment"

Silver shares at bargain prices

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The global credit crunch is forcing mining companies to turn away from skittish banking institutions to public offerings to raise the money needed for acquiring new properties, advancing projects and paying off debts. Recently, a slew of precious metals producers have decided to take advantage of rising investor [...]

Silver to enter new era of respect

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News For silver, 2008 was a record year as the precious metal hit $21.34/oz in March and managed to maintain a healthy level until the current global economic crisis sent investors pouring from the market in the fourth quarter. Since September, I have heard some of the most respected [...]

Silver has failed to emerge as a safe haven for investors

Silver has failed to emerge as a safe haven for investors like gold. While among precious metals, gold is always believed to meet investors’ aspiration, silver was also seen as a store of value and considered to be one of the prominent precious metals. For full story, click here

Silver busts the $10.50 fence

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The price of silver closed at $10.16 in New York on Wednesday, touching a high of $10.57 in early morning trade Thursday. A weaker dollar and gains in commodity prices helped to stir speculation that future inflation may be on the cards. The surge in price has recharged [...]

Economic factors influencing silver

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Coming out of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, precious metals prices experienced heavy drops in light of certain economic factors. Silver and gold were both under pressure from a firm dollar, falling oil prices, and grim global economic news. The silver quote tumbled as low as $9.15 Monday from [...]

Hard assets for hard times

By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The price of silver rallied in early morning trading Monday in reaction to dollar weakness and increased insecurity in the markets.  After closing Friday at $9.64/oz in New York, silver reached as high as $10.60 this morning. Mark O’Byrne, Executive Director at Gold & Silver investments lists weakness [...]