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Silver Spot Price Up Today on These Factors

By , Resource Specialist, Money Morning -

Silver spot price

The silver spot price today is up $0.19 to $14.86. This is great to see after the past week as silver gave up a little ground.

With stocks and oil bouncing from their recent retreat, and the U.S. dollar doing so as well, they've weighed on silver. Still, silver is ahead about 8.5% year to date, nearly a 13% outperformance of the S&P 500, which has lost just over 4%.

Let's look at how the silver price has behaved over the past week and what drivers lie ahead...

Why the Silver Price Is Climbing 2% Today

By , Resource Specialist, Money Morning -

silver prices

The silver price is up more than 2% in early trading today (Monday) to $15.33, continuing a 2016 rally for the precious metal.

The silver price is now up nearly 10% since the end of January.

Silver prices were aided in the past week by a surprise move from the Bank of Japan, which instituted negative interest rates. Statements about dollar strength by the New York Fed's president last week also boosted the silver price.

All of this has combined to make for one of the strongest weeks in quite a while for silver prices. Let's look more closely at how it got there and what other factors are driving it...

Let's Make Silver Shine Even Brighter Than Gold

By , America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades -

silver prices

In the world of precious metals, silver is considered the "Poor Man's Gold."

Anyone who believes this nonsense will stay away from investing in silver for all the wrong reasons.

With the S&P 500 pushing resistance once again at 2,100, perhaps it's time to visit the land of the contrarian trader, for as the saying goes, as the stock market falls, the precious metals markets rise.

And I am interested in the "Poor Man's Gold" not only because it's priced far less than gold. I'm in it for the type of returns no man, poor or otherwise, can resist...

How Silver Futures Trading Works

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 -

silver futures

Understanding how silver futures trading works is integral to understanding what moves silver prices.

The quoted price of silver is typically not the spot price of silver -the price of immediate delivery. Rather, it's the price of the most actively traded futures contract for the later delivery of silver.

Here's how silver futures trading works...

Why Silver Prices Today Are Hitting 2014 Lows

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 -

Silver prices today are trading at their lowest levels on the year, continuing a two-month bear cycle where the white metal has fallen significantly.

Prices are taking recent cues from the U.S. Dollar Index, as well as the U.S. Federal Reserve. Silver futures activity has also been a headwind for more than a month now.

So what’s working against silver? And when will it hit the bottom and reverse this disappointing two-month downdraft? Find out here…

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