iShares Silver Trust

NYSE ARCA: SLV
$27.55
-$0.67 (-2.4%)
Closing price May 23, 2024

SLV Articles

The move in silver has been amazing, but something else has been even more amazing. Silver miners have selectively moved in a manner much more than the metal itself. The move in the Global X Silver...
Gold had hit yet a new six-month high of $1,779.10 per ounce in early bird trading today after the Bank of Japan decided to ease via an expanded asset purchase plan. The theory is that gold bugs will...
The announcement of QE3 is not bringing a “sell the news” reaction at all when it comes to the metals market. Gold is surging, but The Devil’s Metal of silver is significantly outperforming...
Gold bugs are finding a mixed reception today, but there is some concerning news out of South Africa that may resemble a bit of the same concern after deadly police responses during a labor strike...
Quantitative easing is back on the table and back in traders’ pockets.  Forget about what Ben Bernanke said at Jackson Hole about vigilance.  This is after Mario Draghi’s bond buying news this...
The recession did something interesting to platinum.  It took away much of its relevance, and the rising gold prices helped to take away platinum’s historic premium. Due to major labor strike with...
Futures prices for gold, silver, and WTI crude are all lower today as the dollar gains strength against the euro. Oddly enough, the dollar index versus a basket of currencies is down this morning...
Silver is trying to make a breakout as spot silver has been trading between $28.00 and $28.20 most of yesterday and today.  Its chart is running into some resistance after having bottomed out at...
The ADP report on jobs managed to come in much better than expected.  This has somewhat dampened the hope that the FOMC will need to immediately begin new stimulus measures via the so-called QE3. ...
Since the beginning of May, gold futures prices have traded in an increasingly narrower band. The highs are trending lower, while the lows are trending higher. Given the continuing concern over the...
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX) is far from your ordinary company because this is quite literally a publicly traded treasure hunting outfit.  Now it might be a silver mining outfit...
The financial world has been waiting for the decision from the United States Supreme Court on Obamacare and the reaction depends upon which sector and asset class you are following.  We have seen a...
By now you have likely heard the term “The Devil’s Metal.”  When you see big price whips in silver, it generally means that there is something happening in commodity markets.  The situation...
With commodities on the retreat and with preliminary inflation running very low, you can imagine that the gold and silver markets are trading softer again.  Gold is down 1.3% at $1581.50 per ounce,...
Gold and silver are finally acting in the manner they should be again.  For months and months, gold (and silver as a more speculative gold trade) investors and speculators were having an identity...