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Silver News: Market Trends in 2019 Show Positive Signs

Despite lackluster price performance last year, trends are looking positive for silver investors in 2019. The Silver Institute highlighted increasingly supportive sentiment in the silver market along with a number of technological innovations utilizing the white metal in the latest edition of Silver News.

Patience Grasshopper! SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 03.01.19

Jerome Powell went to Capitol Hill this week and continued to preach patience. In other words, the Powell Pause is still firmly in play. In fact, the Fed chair confirmed that balance sheet reduction is a done deal. But why this sudden patience? In this episode of the Friday Gold Wrap podcast, Mike Maharrey talks […]

Silver Shines! It’s Your Dime Interview With the Silver Institute’s Michael DiRienzo

Silver often gets lost in gold’s shadow, but it’s important in its own right – both as an industrial and a monetary metal. In this episode of It’s Your Dime, Mike Maharrey talks all things silver with Silver Institute Executive Director Michael DiRienzo.

Mixed Messages: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 02.22.19

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Borrowing into Oblivion: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 02.15.19

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

The Green (And Red) New Deal: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 02.08.19

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

2019 Looks Bullish for Silver

Last year was tough for silver with lower demand muting prices. But the Silver Institute is bullish on the white metal for 2019, projecting a rebound in demand coupled with lower mine output. 

Several States Considering Bills to Repeal Taxes on Gold and Silver

Several state legislatures are considering bills that would repeal taxes on the sale of gold and silver. Fundamentally,  gold and silver are money. But most governments treat precious metals as a commodity. They don’t accept it as payment. Worse than that, they tax it. Think about the absurdity of this policy.

The Powell Put Is On! SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 02.01.19

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

The Government’s Closed! But Is It? SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 01.25.19

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.