Silver Stocks or possibly ETF

Paper silver is a scam. It’s heavily manipulated by JPM and other banks. There will not be a short squeeze and the price will not see a large move. You might make some gains, but nothing serious

This… Don’t get into Silver right now. It’s an industrial metal that’s produced in near infinite quantities in Mexico and elsewhere. Any increase in price will only encourage more mining to offset the increases in price with excess supply.

If you are gonna do it; own physical. Right now Silver premiums are way too high.

There’s a doomsday prepper or a Silverbug who’s gonna downvote me. They’re convinced that by 2022 you’ll be able to exchange physical silver shavings circa 1863 and/or Bitcoin for goods and services.

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This… Don’t get into Silver right now. It’s an industrial metal that’s produced in near infinite quantities in Mexico and elsewhere. Any increase in price will only encourage more mining to offset the increases in price with excess supply.

If you are gonna do it; own physical. Right now Silver premiums are way too high.

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This is not true at all. Mining supply has decreased every year for the past 5 years while industrial demand has increased 10% every year and investment demand significantly more than that.

Silver is typically mined as a result of mining for other metals, usually as a by-product of mining for lithium/gold/copper. A decade long silver bear market has resulted in lower R&D and exploration for new mines so there will be quite a delay in increasing supply if they need it.

I did just recently hear a guy on tv say that the supply of silver is running quite low. Have no idea how true that is. Lots of demand, low supply essentially

I wasn’t serious about this. Will probably forward any info to my coworker

So, crypto it is. Somewhat decent prices this morning

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believe it went on a good run last year, and with inflation getting worse, this seems like it would be a good play.

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Physical metals have been a woeful inflation hedge over time. They’re a fear hedge, at best.

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- 4.2% average return per year since 2011. Silver Sucks and is junk.

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Any particular reason you chose 2011? Maybe because that’s the high point of silver prices over the past 40 years. With that line of thinking You can look at any investment and if it isn’t at its historical high its a bad investment. Silver is up 60% from the bottom of the bear run last year and still has a lot of run left considering most market experts are predicting prices to far exceed the 2011 high.

Don’t listen to all the crypto bro’s that love to bash it, they have an inferiority complex when it comes to precious metals for some reason

Physical metals serve a wholly different purpose and need than crypto.

One is analog, and serves to hedge against a government mismanagement of a nation’s fiat currency ..... of which ample evidence is readily available to all that wish to see ....

and the other is a digital transaction medium built on a secure blockchain technology and is highly speculative, and easily tracked by the federal government.

They each serve different purposes in a portfolio, and both should be considered. If you don’t understand why an analog metal should be considered valuable, look no further than the current sweeping efforts by the Biden Administration to significantly increase the inheritance tax, along with related measures to enforce it’s collection.

Forewarned is forearmed.....

I would agree with those that rail against “paper” metals .... and their very obvious manipulation. The reddit crew was schooled when it attempted to squeeze the silver market .... and deservedly so ..... their attemp was laughable, IMO.

That said, to answer the OP’s question, the metal-backed funds offered by Sprott (PSLV, PHYS, and CEF) are excellent methods to invest in metals while avoiding the currently-high premiums on physical sold by typical retail dealers (created by strong worldwide demand). The Sprott funds are back by physical holdings, which sets them apart from many other funds.

Spot silver will likely surpass $45/oz during the next 3 quarters ......and the GSR will likely drop below 50:1 for the first time in a meaningful period of time .....(it was above 110:1 as recent as a year ago.)

If you’re considering investing in miners, they can be very profitable, but IMO the junior miners (GDXJ) are significantly more risky today than they were a year ago .... stick to the majors (GDX and individual operators) in the near-term/mid-term. I like AR and KGC in this space. But to me, MTA offers the best exposure while limiting risks, however, be aware of the tax implications before investing in MTA.

FredsGotSlack’s post above offers good insight on why metals commodities are expected to rise in the mid-term ..... good fortunes