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Price of Silver This Week Restrained by These Two Crucial Headwinds

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - September 26, 2014

The price of silver this week looks to be headed for trouble, with prices falling below $18 for the first time since 2010. But there is no need to panic.

There are two easily identifiable headwinds containing the price of silver.

And those two headwinds are ready to clear up and unencumber the languishing silver prices…

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Price of Silver This Week Restrained by These Two Crucial Headwinds

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - September 26, 2014

The price of silver this week looks to be headed for trouble, with prices falling below $18 for the first time since 2010. But there is no need to panic.

There are two easily identifiable headwinds containing the price of silver.

And those two headwinds are ready to clear up and unencumber the languishing silver prices…

What the Silvers Futures Market Can Tell Us About Silver's Current Slump

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - September 22, 2014

The silver futures market provides an explanation for why silver has been languishing in an unfortunate bear slump.

But the current price declines and speculator activity is unsustainable as prices fall to lows on the year.

Patience will be key for silver bulls, and the bears’ time may be up…

Silver Prices Today Bounce on Geopolitical Tensions

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - August 28, 2014

Silver prices today are beginning to pop, bolstered by safe-haven demand from unsettling news on the Ukrainian-Russian border.

If silver closes up today, it will be the first time in over a month that the white metal has traded up three days in a row.

This slight three-day rally is a welcome change. Here’s what has moved silver these past few days, and what has been holding it back over the last six weeks…

Silver Futures Activity Holding Back Prices, but a Rally Is Not Far Off

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - August 25, 2014

Activity in the silver futures market have caused prices to sputter out in August, and the most recent data shows that speculators are cashing in on the white metal's downfall.

And while these positions mount, silver is sure to languish.

But this bearish speculation will have to end at some point, and a rally is sure to follow.

Want to Know Where August Silver Prices Are Headed? Watch the Speculators

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - August 11, 2014

Silver prices have been sensitive to activities in the futures markets, with prices moving almost perfectly opposite to the amount of short contracts speculators hold.

This week, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission released data that shows that silver contracts are mounting coming off weekly lows.

Here’s what that will do to August silver prices, and when to expect bigger advances.