Here's Where the Price of Silver Is Heading After the June FOMC Meeting

While gold waits for a fresh catalyst to find direction, silver's already made a move.

The price of silver is up 3.4% in the past week, while gold has trended sideways. The Fed's FOMC meeting this week is what silver investors are watching now.

There are strong odds the Fed will announce a rate hike this week. The market is interpreting that as confidence in sustained economic strength and inflation moving closer to the 2% target.

For silver investors, it's important to note that last week's rally, which took silver from a $16.35 low to a $16.85 peak, was supported by growing futures volume.

price of silver

Helped by a weakening dollar, that meant a six-week high for silver prices. The outperformance against gold has been impressive, not to mention reminiscent of its action in early 2016, when the precious metals bear market finally met its end.

I think the expected rate hike this week will work in silver's favor, helping the metal rise further while it continues to gain against its richer cousin, gold.

Before we get into my newest price targets for the price of silver, here's how the precious metal is trending now...

How the Price of Silver Is Trending This Week

Silver began its move last Tuesday, June 5, with a solid jump from an early morning low of $16.35 to $16.50 by 2:00 p.m. The DXY made a last gasp higher to 94.30 around 10:30 a.m. then dropped suddenly to 93.8, fueling silver's afternoon jump.

The next day, silver provided some serious follow-through. It rose further this time, to $16.70 at midday as the DXY lost more ground, trying to hold the 93.6 level in the late afternoon.

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But Thursday would prove to be the icing on the cake as silver rallied higher on a still-weaker dollar. The DXY hit a three-week low, hovering around 93.4 most of the day. Thanks to that further weakness, silver spent most of the morning above $16.80 before dropping back to end at a respectable $16.67.

Here's a look at the DXY for the past week:

price of silver

After an early morning dip on Friday down to $16.60 at 3:00 a.m., silver rebounded to close at $16.77. By Monday, it was on a path even higher. The metal opened at $16.84 - despite the DXY at 93.60 - then climbed steadily through the day to end at $16.90.

Now, here's where I see the price of silver headed after this week's FOMC meeting...

What's Next for Silver Prices After the FOMC Meeting

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Silver's been undergoing some very constructive price action in the past week and a half.

After bottoming near $16.40 at the start of the month, silver has headed almost exclusively up.

silver stock chart

As the forming wedge gets increasingly narrow, silver will have to break higher or lower before long. I'm betting it will be higher, and this week's Fed rate hike could be the catalyst. The upper end of the wedge is currently at $17, and silver's very close to that level right now.

At the same time, both the relative strength index and the moving average convergence/divergence have just turned higher, reinforcing the strength of this latest move.

Notice too that the gold/silver ratio has been dropping rapidly.

gold stock chart

The ratio has dropped nearly 7% since peaking at 82.5 back in early April. Silver's been catching up to gold, and we got yet another wave of that during these past two weeks. It's been quite the relative rally, and I wouldn't be surprised to see gold take the lead at this point for a little while.

Nonetheless, silver is still historically cheap relative to gold, so that likely reversion to the mean suggests on balance silver has much higher to go.

For now, I expect a rate hike this week could push silver above $17. After that, we could see silver rise and beat last year's high of $18.50 in H2 this year.

In a recent report, Maria Smirnova, senior portfolio manager at Sprott Asset Management, said she sees silver returning to $21.

Thanks to stagnating supply, global economic growth, and rising industrial demand, silver's likely to perform well in the medium term.

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