Considering silver a much better investment than gold at this time, Chinese investors have been flocking to the industrial metal in hopes of generating some significant profits in the years ahead.
Reasons for shunning gold by the Chinese are the high cost of the yellow metal at this time, which is prohibitive to a large number of Chinese.
Even though gold prices should continue to rise, silver should have a lot more upside, making it an idea investment and one many Chinese can afford to make.
Along with the upside potential of silver prices going up, it also is a better bet in short-term swings, making it more stable than its gold cousin, which many fear can make huge price swings, making it more volatile in price during the short term versus silver. That may be true, although smaller price decreases can cause equal price and percentage swings in silver, so I'm not sure that's the proper way to think about the reason for investing silver rather than investing in gold.
While I agree that silver is a better investment at this time than gold, the reason is demand rather than price alone. Demand for silver is both industrial and as a safety hedge, making it a great play going forward, as well as being off significantly from its inflation-adjusted highs. Gold is too, but it's the price difference in the two as far as it concerns the Chinese which make it so attractive.
with that in mind, we may want to watch Chinese consumption of silver as one of the market indicators and price drivers over the next several years.
Gold isn't going to go down in price for a long time, so we can count on silver remaining an attractive alternative investment choice to the Chinese, which allows us to know prices in silver will eventually start to skyrocket on that alone, but also including demand and the factor of being a safety hedge as well.
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Commodities: Silver - Prices Going Up
The current economic crisis has people faltering a lot concerning their money and what to do with it, and the usual havens of silver and gold during times like these haven't been acting in the usual predictable manner, but prices of silver and gold are starting to rise, and that should go on for some time.
Most of that has been because of the forced liquidation period where companies sold off their silver and gold positions, among other commodities, in order to get their hands on much needed cash. That in turn caused the U.S. dollar to remain inordinately high even though the underlying fundamentals pointed to it being weaker.
When it comes to commodities, don't get fooled or confused about the current economic situation where all the various market forces seem to be makeing it hard for people to make sound decisions on where to put their money.
Gold and silver will start to perform strongly again as the forced liquidation period unwinds, and investing the gold and silver will be very profitable going forward. The one thing about silver prices that are nice is they are lower than gold, and so investing in silver has a much higher probability of moving much more up in percentages than gold. Of course it depends on what your investment risk comfort zone is, as if you're just trying to hold on to your money, gold during these times should be the preferred investment, even if silver futures and prices have a better chance of going higher.
To me there's no doubt silver prices across the numerous ways of investing in silver will move upward significantly in 2009, no matter what the demand for its use as a raw material. Safety is one of the key factors in investing this year, and commodity prices like in relationship to silver and gold prices will be the safest and probably best investments as well in the near term.
What are some of the many ways you can invest in silver in 2009 and beyond? There's of course silver futures, silver bar, silver eagle coins, silver dollars, silver coins in general and silver bullion, among many others.
The key now is to understand fear will drive the market for some time, and gold and silver prices will rise as a result of that fear, whether its deserved and accurate or not. We don't have to figure that out, we just need to know that silver prices will rise going forward, and keep that in mind as make our silver investment.
Some people are even concerned about their safety, with the idea that things could fall apart. To that end their not only buying silver and gold coins, but silver and gold bullion as well.
So silver as an investment, no matter what form you want to buy silver in, will do well for those interested in buying commodities, and will be among those commodities prices going up. Silver, along with gold will be safe, and give a return as well; something not many other investments will be able to say in 2009, and probably even 2010.
Many people are asking which way silver prices are going, and the answer is up, up, and up. The reason why, as mentioned earlier, is the safety factor and the winding down of forced liquidation by companies usually buying gold and silver in large quantities and futures at times like these.
Keep looking at the silver prices going forward, and don't wait too long before participating in buying up silver futures, coins, bullion or bars.
Silver prices and futures are going to continue going up in 2009, be in the silver market to enjoy that upward movement.
Most of that has been because of the forced liquidation period where companies sold off their silver and gold positions, among other commodities, in order to get their hands on much needed cash. That in turn caused the U.S. dollar to remain inordinately high even though the underlying fundamentals pointed to it being weaker.
When it comes to commodities, don't get fooled or confused about the current economic situation where all the various market forces seem to be makeing it hard for people to make sound decisions on where to put their money.
Gold and silver will start to perform strongly again as the forced liquidation period unwinds, and investing the gold and silver will be very profitable going forward. The one thing about silver prices that are nice is they are lower than gold, and so investing in silver has a much higher probability of moving much more up in percentages than gold. Of course it depends on what your investment risk comfort zone is, as if you're just trying to hold on to your money, gold during these times should be the preferred investment, even if silver futures and prices have a better chance of going higher.
To me there's no doubt silver prices across the numerous ways of investing in silver will move upward significantly in 2009, no matter what the demand for its use as a raw material. Safety is one of the key factors in investing this year, and commodity prices like in relationship to silver and gold prices will be the safest and probably best investments as well in the near term.
What are some of the many ways you can invest in silver in 2009 and beyond? There's of course silver futures, silver bar, silver eagle coins, silver dollars, silver coins in general and silver bullion, among many others.
The key now is to understand fear will drive the market for some time, and gold and silver prices will rise as a result of that fear, whether its deserved and accurate or not. We don't have to figure that out, we just need to know that silver prices will rise going forward, and keep that in mind as make our silver investment.
Some people are even concerned about their safety, with the idea that things could fall apart. To that end their not only buying silver and gold coins, but silver and gold bullion as well.
So silver as an investment, no matter what form you want to buy silver in, will do well for those interested in buying commodities, and will be among those commodities prices going up. Silver, along with gold will be safe, and give a return as well; something not many other investments will be able to say in 2009, and probably even 2010.
Many people are asking which way silver prices are going, and the answer is up, up, and up. The reason why, as mentioned earlier, is the safety factor and the winding down of forced liquidation by companies usually buying gold and silver in large quantities and futures at times like these.
Keep looking at the silver prices going forward, and don't wait too long before participating in buying up silver futures, coins, bullion or bars.
Silver prices and futures are going to continue going up in 2009, be in the silver market to enjoy that upward movement.
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