I’ve written before about how gold can help protect you from the coming Super Crash, but I haven’t written so much about silver.
The main reason for that is that silver really is “poor man’s gold.” The major difference is that gold is a currency while silver remains a metal.
Silver prices are also more volatile, more dependent on the state of the industrial economy (which isn’t very good), and very beaten down right now.
If you're looking to buy silver, the first question to answer is, should I buy physical silver or paper silver?
Both investments let you profit from silver's price moves. To decide which one is best for you, you need to answer some questions about your investment goals.
To help, here's a closer look at each way to play the white metal.
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It's a combination of the dollar's tenuous strength and elevated downside speculation that explains why silver prices are down right now.
It was a rather quiet week in the silver market. Silver prices dropped about 50 cents an ounce to trade in the $22 an ounce range.
The only real news - major news, that is - in the marketplace was the decision by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to announce that its probe into silver price manipulation by the large Wall Street banks is closed without any action taken. This is after a five-year probe into the workings of the silver market.
Seriously?
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