"Silver has become one of the strongest performing metals of 2010. To illustrate just how strong: The Grand Poobah of precious metals, Gold, soared 26% in the last year. That's grapes compared to silver's 70%-plus rally to a 30-year high over the same period."
EWI's Nico Isaac, "Silver Bulls, Silver Bulls: It's Celebrating Time in Precious Metals"
It's plain as mud: silver and gold investors have been rewarded during the past year.
People who shouted "We Buy Gold" on their storefronts and in television commercials may be wishing they had instead yelled that "We Buy Silver." But, as always, hindsight is 20/20.
While hindsight can be a source of regret, a careful analysis of the past can help us understand the present and even arrive at a forecast for the future. Thus it is with financial markets -- gold and silver:
"Gold is a wonderful reflector of the Wave Principle because unlike, say, pork bellies, it is traded by people around the globe, so the prime mover is the psychology of human beings at the most shared and basic level...If you trade gold or silver, think about using Elliott. It will keep you on track much of the time."
Robert Prechter, Prechter's Perspective
Also from Prechter's Perspective:
"The gold price is not a function of fundamentals but of market dynamics."
EWI's Nico Isaac addresses the "fundamental" argument relating to the recent big price rise of silver in
"Silver Bulls, Silver Bulls: It's Celebrating Time in Precious Metals", which you can access free by
clicking here.
In the meantime, see the latest charts of silver and gold for yourself, in the Short Term Update. Here's an excerpt of silver analysis from the December 22 issue:
"The long-term resistance line drawn off the highs of 2004, 2006 and 2008, which has so far repelled several attempts to penetrate it this year, remains important. Because silver drew this line and is respecting it, so should we."