Silver

[montaga]

You can manipulate the price for some time but not for ever and you cant make memory, phone, solar panel...... with paper silver.
Samsung can only get a 10th of what the want to buy, others in the same situation
Wild figures appearing of what the price will be in a few months
https://youtu.be/E-_iTYcXAjg  (Clive Thompson)
 
Day candle for the year so far. Market will open i a few hours, real action will be in the new year


Silver Production (Metric Tons)
1   Mexico   6,300    
2   China    3,300    
3   Peru       3,100
4   Chile      1,600    
5   Bolivia   1,000    
6   Australia 1,300    
7   Poland   1,300    
8   Russia   1,300
9   US        1,000    
10   Argentina    800    
   

[BADecker]

I saw the title of this thread, and I thought of The Lone Ranger's horse.

[montaga]

A subtle hind for the color of the new year.

January 2 the China physical silver export ban will be active
Remember physical possession matters

[BADecker]

Silver is funny stuff. There was a slight dump this year end.


In A Desperate Attempt To Stop The Bleeding, A Conspiracy To Force The Price Of Silver Down Is Unfolding Right In Front Of Our Eyes


https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/in-a-desperate-attempt-to-stop-the-bleeding-a-conspiracy-to-force-the-price-of-silver-down-is-unfolding-right-in-front-of-our-eyes/#google_vignette
They aren't even trying to pretend to hide what they are doing.  Everyone knows that the meteoric rise in the price of silver in 2025 has put an immense amount of stress on certain financial institutions.  Of course nobody is publicly confirming how much damage has been done, but it must be pretty severe if CME Group is taking such extreme measures to force the price of silver down.  For the second time in less than a week, CME Group has abruptly raised margin requirements on precious metals futures…

Gold and silver prices lost ground on Wednesday as investors booked profits after a historic annual rally and exchange operator CME Group hiked the margins on precious metal futures for the second time in the space of a week.

They probably thought that it was best to pull a stunt like this during the holidays while less people are paying attention.

A statement was released by CME Group which said that this latest move to hike margin requirements was done "to ensure adequate collateral coverage"…

CME Group, one of the world's largest trading floors for commodities, said Tuesday that margins for gold, silver, platinum and palladium would increase again after the close of business Wednesday.

It said in a statement that the decision was made "as per the normal review of market volatility to ensure adequate collateral coverage."

Give me a break.

We all know why this was done.
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