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.
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.
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.
Silver prices this week have been slow and steady, continuing an uneventful August during which the white metal has traded in a narrow range.
However, while silver is likely to recoup from its recently slow trading in July, it most likely won't see a prolonged rally anytime soon because the big drivers simply aren't there.
Here's why for silver, things are going to get worse before they get better...
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.
Silver prices today (Wednesday) picked back up above the $20 an ounce level, after languishing on speculator activity and coming out of a steady downward slump in July.
See why today the white metal is beginning to reverse course and head upwards…
