The Silver Play

The Silver Play

The Silver Play

Most of the chatter these days centers on Gold and Gold Investing. Its brethren, Silver, appear to take a minor role as an investment metal and is considered of more as in jewelry and flatware than as a money making investment. Thought time and civilizations silver has been both a popular medium of exchange and a storage of value.. It has been widely used in mintage of coins from the Greeks to the Spanish. In fact, silver coins were in wide circulation until 1965 and silver certificates were also exchangeable into the precious metal.

Silver has qualities which also make it a sought after industrial metal. Is is malleable, ductile and has the best electrical conductivity of all metals. It uses have ranged from electronics to photography and many other uses as well.Up to the 1960's this was the main driver of its price.

Silvers evolution has extended to the financial markets. As markets have grown, futures and ETF's have had a larger impact. This change in this markets have allowed speculators to take part in silvers price movements. It seems that the news these days is centered on the possible price manipulation of the precious metal. The argument is that the price would be much higher without the intervention, but it also demonstrates that silver is becoming more important in many ways.

Silver has been on a bull run since 2003 due to the fact that there has been growing demand by both investor and manufacturing alike. During this period mine output, supplies and new finds have either been stagnant or declining. This has been witnessed by the increased demand for the silver ETF,SLV, which has caused the issuance of new shares by the custodian who in turn must buy physical silver.

The financial and economic uncertainty which we are witnessing has also increased demand for capital appreciation and wealth protection.. The result has been an increase in price and demand. This trend will most likely continue as the economy faces increasing and renewed challenges.

Scrap silver has become valuable again which speaks as to the current market condition. As silver regains acceptance as an investment vehicle for wealth protection, as it had before. Investor will demand more and increase the competition for the metal with industrial sector. The outcome can only mean higher prices as well as supplies will remain limited.

Both both capital appreciation and wealth protection, investing in gold and silver appear to be good choices. Both technical and fundamental factors show that it is and opportune time to invest in gold and silver.

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