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    Default Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    So with the evils' vision of getting rid of ALL currency & creating their one world toxic digital currency so they can control every human on the planet, people have been saying to buy silver.

    I'm not in love with cryptocurrency, & I've heard more than once that the c..i..a created bitcoin & put in a back door. They wanted (just like what's happening now with the takedown) to gauge how humans would react to crypto.

    Here are my questions:

    1. Do you think we should buy silver? I don't have a lot, but I have some money put aside for my return to the US & the last thing I need is it wiped clean when the banks fail.

    2. If we should buy silver, who do you buy it from that we can trust?

    Where is is stored because obvously you can't just keep it in your home.

    3. How do we pay for tangible items, services, rent, utilities, etc. with silver? Obviously we can't.

    4. Is there an online way to convert the silver back to USD for when I do need to pay for things & the USD is still in play?

    Thanks a ton

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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    You asked some very good questions that I've wondered about as well!
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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    Hi OFS, silver is the most undervalued commodity on the planet now. It has always been the 'poor man's gold. You can buy online from different dealers. Here are some I have used (all in the U.S.):

    APMEX (the biggest in the U.S.)

    Golden State Mint

    Provident Metals

    SD Bullion

    goldmart.com

    JM Bullion

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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    You can store it at home if you don't have kilos of it. A hidden safe works well. It can be buried in the ground outside.

    You can't buy things with it nowadays but you can actually sell it back to some places like APMEX and most coin shops for fiat currency.

    I recommend buying a mix of generic bars ( usually sold at just above spot price) and coins like U.S. Silver Eagles, Canadian Maple Leafs, Austrian Philharmonics, Australian Kangaroos etc. (these have a higher premium but may be easier to sell to coin dealers anywhere in the world).

    I feel it is better to have the real tangible asset then debt fiat currency, especially in uncertain times.

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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    Quote Posted by OurFreeSociety (here)
    So with the evils' vision of getting rid of ALL currency & creating their one world toxic digital currency so they can control every human on the planet, people have been saying to buy silver.

    Here are my questions:

    1. Do you think we should buy silver? I don't have a lot, but I have some money put aside for my return to the US & the last thing I need is it wiped clean when the banks fail.

    2. If we should buy silver, who do you buy it from that we can trust?

    Where is is stored because obvously you can't just keep it in your home.

    3. How do we pay for tangible items, services, rent, utilities, etc. with silver? Obviously we can't.

    4. Is there an online way to convert the silver back to USD for when I do need to pay for things & the USD is still in play?

    Thanks a ton

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    1. Yes, I do think it's a good idea. That doesn't mean you should spend all of your money on silver now, but some, I'd say as much as you are comfortable with without causing a cash flow problem for you.

    2. There are several reputable shops that buy and sell precious metals such as gold and silver in the form of bars or coins which you can order from on-line as well. Google which ones are in your country and make sure you make a back-ground check to see they are reliable. In Germany it's not difficult to find out, I don't know about the US but I'm guessing it's similar.

    3. Those items you mention will have to be paid for in the going curreny - as long as it hasn't collapsed yet, obviously. That's why I kept enough euros to keep me going until the euro eventually crashes.

    4. The shops that sell silver usually also buy silver, obviously at a lower price.

    But nobody knows for sure what will happen when our currency collapses completely. Some experts say there will be a hyper-inflation before which means the food you buy may go up much more quickly than you can even imagine. After that there might be some sort of emergency currency (I still have an old German bill from right after WWII which says a few hundred thousad marks, but you wouldn't even have been able to buy a loaf of bread with it at the time).
    This is where precious metals like silver come in.
    They might be quite handy to use as payment in a situation like that.
    Therefore I bought some coins (Maple Leaf are quite popular) and some bars.
    The most practical bar might be the 100x1g Combibar which consists of 100 pieces of 1g each which can be broken off, like with a chocolate bar. They might come in handy when you want to pay for food if your money isn't worth more than the paper it has been printed on.

    About storing your silver, wherever you put it, don't leave it in a safe deposit box at your bank, because it is highly likely you won't be able to access it when you need it.
    Find a good hiding place in your house/your garage/your garden, there are many decent hiding places.
    If you worry about silver being too bulky and you have a lot of money, you can also buy gold which comes in exactly the same sizes as silver, but is so much more expensive that you won't have to worry about it being too bulky. And you can use the same type of hiding places.

    Ever since my house was burgled a few years back I have been worrying where to put my valuables and got some expert advice. One piece of advice was to not try and hide in inside your house because that's where burglars will look first. They are much less likely to go search your garage or garden.
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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    I would invest in cryptocurrencies

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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    I buy baht gold chains whenever the opportunity presents itself..... it is as close to pure gold that you can find, and wear... Most baht chains are made to lengths that come out weighing about one ounce of gold. You can literally cut off links, and trade them, without having to cash in everything you have to buy just one thing... Not only that, but an ounce of gold and an ounce of silver has a huge gap in value... So if you are going to be walking around carrying precious metals, you may as well have more value to less weight...

    You can't even buy lunch these days with a silver dollar... So the amount of silver that you would have to collect to buy anything in times of trouble would be outrageous...

    I also tell people not to buy stock in gold, but to buy actual gold... Gold that you can physically hold... Otherwise holding that piece of paper means nothing if we face a SHTF moment in time.
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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    OP, My understanding is that Gold presents a much better investment opportunity than Silver.

    Also, I know you said in your op you can't keep it in your home, why not?

    Buying ETFs (exchange-traded product) is nowhere near as secure as buying the physical product and keeping it under you bed, imo.

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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    OurFreeSociety, I see you're overseas and your goal is to get back home. Godspeed on your journey.

    I’d prefer physical product over cryptocurrency. USGoldBureau.com is a good place to check out. They welcome your questions.
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    Where is is stored because obvously you can't just keep it in your home.
    Where to hide money in your home. (others added below.)

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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    Quote Posted by OurFreeSociety (here)
    So with the evils' vision of getting rid of ALL currency & creating their one world toxic digital currency so they can control every human on the planet, people have been saying to buy silver.

    I'm not in love with cryptocurrency, & I've heard more than once that the c..i..a created bitcoin & put in a back door. They wanted (just like what's happening now with the takedown) to gauge how humans would react to crypto.

    Here are my questions:

    1. Do you think we should buy silver? I don't have a lot, but I have some money put aside for my return to the US & the last thing I need is it wiped clean when the banks fail.

    2. If we should buy silver, who do you buy it from that we can trust?

    Where is is stored because obvously you can't just keep it in your home.

    3. How do we pay for tangible items, services, rent, utilities, etc. with silver? Obviously we can't.

    4. Is there an online way to convert the silver back to USD for when I do need to pay for things & the USD is still in play?

    Thanks a ton

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    It's good to own silver for barter, but right now bullion is hard to find. You might try antique dealers and see what they have in the way of silverware or vases, and see if they are willing to sell it for its "melt value."
    Yes, you can store silver in your home, because it's not that valuable. Gold, however, should be in a safe-deposit box.
    As far as online, you'd need to sell it to somebody on ebay or something and get paid in paypal.
    You can't buy anything with silver, it's a commodity like soap or cigarettes -- a barter item in a failed currency scenario (hyperinflation).
    Investor Jim Rogers said he's buying silver now, and he's been uninterested in metals for years.
    Personally, I think if you don't own it already, you've missed it, because the premiums are so high on silver coins that it shows a real scarcity. Conversely, if you own some silver, it might be a good time to sell it pretty soon. Right now, it's not worth it, because it's only about $17/oz.

    As to cryptocurrency, that might be a better solution for you, but realize that eventually the govt is going to make it illegal to use any crypto but their own. And then the value will go to zero. They've done it before, and they'll do it again.
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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    The Gold/Silver ratio, see https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-GOLDSILVER/ indicates clearly that Silver presents a much better investment opportunity than Gold. My guess is that over the next 5 years we will see again a Gold/Silver ratio below 40. In 2012 the ratio was at 30. Looking at a longer chart https://www.macrotrends.net/1441/gold-to-silver-ratio, you can see that in 1980 the ratio was close to 10. My understanding is that the natural Gold/Silver ratio in mother earth is less than 10. So a ratio of 10 at some time in the future is possible. Apart from the Gold/Silver ratio, there are a lot more factors that are in favor of Silver, regarding future possible price increases. However, for the moment being, Silver suffers a bit due to lower industrial demand. Although Silver might retest recent lows and might fall back to the range of 12 to 13 in the coming days, Silver is in fact the most undervalued commodity (although for me it is not a commodity but rather money) on the planet now. I expect Silver to move to 26 in the coming weeks and to much higher prices in the coming months. As mentioned by others here in this thread, in case of a barter situation, Silver definitely is more handy than Gold.
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    Quote Posted by chrifri (here)
    The Gold/Silver ratio, see https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-GOLDSILVER/ indicates clearly that Silver presents a much better investment opportunity than Gold. My guess is that over the next 5 years we will see again a Gold/Silver ratio below 40. In 2012 the ratio was at 30. Looking at a longer chart https://www.macrotrends.net/1441/gold-to-silver-ratio, you can see that in 1980 the ratio was close to 10. My understanding is that the natural Gold/Silver ratio in mother earth is less than 10. So a ratio of 10 at some time in the future is possible. Apart from the Gold/Silver ratio, there are a lot more factors that are in favor of Silver, regarding future possible price increases. However, for the moment being, Silver suffers a bit due to lower industrial demand. Although Silver might retest recent lows and might fall back to the range of 12 to 13 in the coming days, Silver is in fact the most undervalued commodity (although for me it is not a commodity but rather money) on the planet now. I expect Silver to move to 26 in the coming weeks and to much higher prices in the coming months. As mentioned by others here in this thread, in case of a barter situation, Silver definitely is more handy than Gold.
    Hello

    Great insight -I agree …

    Personally, I have found investing in silver has been a treacherous, incredibly frustrating ride over the last 12 years.

    My apprehension lies in the markets being 100% fixed (source the London Fix) - causing massive uncertainty. Everything points to an uptick in the spot price in the near future with G/S ratio being uncharted territory. You gotta hate the premiums charged on the coins right now? Are they any premiums beings charged for bars?


    I have also intuitively gotten a number of 26 as a by the end of year high. I am just curious where you may gotten that number.


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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    Lots of good answers here already, I’ll just add don’t rush into it, all the bullion dealers are charing an average of $4 over spot price at the moment, as it is usually an average of $2 over.

    Also don’t put in more than will affect your cashflow, I made that mistake where I invested too much and needed the cash later that year and had to take a loss selling it for less than I bought.

    Another thing is the price seems to be very correlated with US stocks price because currently silvers value is determined by people trade paper silver with leverage so it’s all tied in with Wall St.

    The only cryptocurrency I would trust is Bitcoin, but because its so volatile you need to get in at a good price. A lot of bitcoin bears are always claiming it will goto $0, but from my experience there is so much money and infrastructure behind it I don’t think those who stand to gain a lot from its existence would let that happen. But there is always the grid down scenario that then makes it useless, but at that point I think even silver becomes useless as a trade.

    I was lucky enough to get an order off for Silver when it got down to $12.50 back in March. Now it’s really hard to find unless you want to pay quite a premium. What I would do is sign up for some various online retailers or find a local shop and get on a waiting list and be ready to convert what % of your cash into Silver when you can get a good price.

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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    Hello,
    Back in 2010 I heard that bitcoin was created/sponsored by * N * S * A * but the idea of crypto currency is much older than that, there is reference like `protocols for public key` from IEEE computer society from the 80', also references like `probability theory` from the 50' which is used in the bitcoin code. Crypto Currency was supposed to happen anyway, in 2008 bitcoin draft was released and boom! Here we are.

    In terms of investment I would be very careful and watch closely because it can go away in the blink of an eye, you can see how volatile it is.
    I would invest in assets like farm land, gold, silver, whiskey, tobacco, sugar, salt, canned food, medicines, batteries, diesel/gasoline/kerosene, tools for planting, seeds, and the list goes on.. but most are not expensive items, and for now you probably can find elsewhere.

    But ok, remember governments can turn anything illegal overnight, remember to those ones keeping gold at home, it is history now but it could happen again. Crypto currency as we know today probably will go away and only the official crypto currency backed by governments will be legal.

    OP made a very good questions.
    1 - Yes and No depends on what you want to archive with that. I personally would be better off with food, tools and land.
    2 - Maybe a friend or those big stores like Kitco. I tried to buy it in Thailand months ago, no deal for silver only gold.
    3 - You answered your own question. See my question below and why I am worried.
    4 - I know only Kitco and JM Bullion both buy back your gold/silver at a discounted price.

    I also have one question (sorry to hijack the thread)
    What will happen to property taxes when the fiat currency come to an end, how we going to pay our taxes if we refuse the new system that is knocking our doors? Will it be taken away from us? I mean if you hold the ownership of that property of course, if you rent then no worries at all.

    Have a nice day folks.
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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    There is a plenty of silver shops around every corner here in India and once they reopen.

    Someone would be happy for a trade, maybe any of them, I could just supervise.

    It is cheaper and easier to buy from small traders than big companies, in my opinion and also the quality of metal processing was originally quite high and known in India for many thousand years so there is a difference between “old silver” and the one you see around jewel shops nowadays.


    If you ask me what is it all really good for, I don’t know.


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    Default Re: Do we buy silver and if yes, from where?

    Quote Posted by Luke Holiday (here)
    Quote Posted by chrifri (here)
    The Gold/Silver ratio, see https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-GOLDSILVER/ indicates clearly that Silver presents a much better investment opportunity than Gold. My guess is that over the next 5 years we will see again a Gold/Silver ratio below 40. In 2012 the ratio was at 30. Looking at a longer chart https://www.macrotrends.net/1441/gold-to-silver-ratio, you can see that in 1980 the ratio was close to 10. My understanding is that the natural Gold/Silver ratio in mother earth is less than 10. So a ratio of 10 at some time in the future is possible. Apart from the Gold/Silver ratio, there are a lot more factors that are in favor of Silver, regarding future possible price increases. However, for the moment being, Silver suffers a bit due to lower industrial demand. Although Silver might retest recent lows and might fall back to the range of 12 to 13 in the coming days, Silver is in fact the most undervalued commodity (although for me it is not a commodity but rather money) on the planet now. I expect Silver to move to 26 in the coming weeks and to much higher prices in the coming months. As mentioned by others here in this thread, in case of a barter situation, Silver definitely is more handy than Gold.
    Hello

    Great insight -I agree …

    Personally, I have found investing in silver has been a treacherous, incredibly frustrating ride over the last 12 years.

    My apprehension lies in the markets being 100% fixed (source the London Fix) - causing massive uncertainty. Everything points to an uptick in the spot price in the near future with G/S ratio being uncharted territory. You gotta hate the premiums charged on the coins right now? Are they any premiums beings charged for bars?


    I have also intuitively gotten a number of 26 as a by the end of year high. I am just curious where you may gotten that number.


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    Dear Luke

    Yes, no doubt at all, investing in Silver has been incredibly frustrating over the past 20 years (with the exception of the year 2010 and 2011). I haven't bought any physical Silver for a long time and therefore do not have any answer regarding premiums. My understanding is that for Silver bars, there should not be much premium as it seems that there is sufficient physical Silver available. Regarding the number 26, I use several different analitical tools/techniques. I look at fundamental analysis, cycle analysis, technical analysis, CoT (Commitment of Trades) in order to check on a weekly basis the manipulation risk and I even look at tools that for many do seem a bit woo woo, like astrology (Merriman). The 26 number is a fibonacci retracement number. Looking at the price in the year 2000, when in my opinion the Gold/Silver bull market started, with a Silber price at more or less 4 USD per ounce, and looking at the high in 2011 at more or less 48.50 USD I get the following fibonacci retracement levels: 26.25 = 50% retracement and 21.50 = 0.618 retracement. Both, 21.50 and 26.25 are now strong resistances. Once the Silver price will move above this years high at 19.60, the price will move to the 21 - 22 level and from there possibly in a relatively short time to 26 - 28. In any case, the upside potential is interesting. However, fluctuation will increase and nerves of steel will help to move through the coming rollercoaster phase.

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    • The silver price is much more volatile than the gold price.
    • If you intend to buy or sell silver (or gold), then you need a long-term strategy and nerves of steel. Just saying.
    • Silver is much more bulkier than gold -- you can be sure that the government will never confiscate your silver possessions.

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    The Gold/Silver ratio, see https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-GOLDSILVER/ indicates clearly that Silver presents a much better investment opportunity than Gold. My guess is that over the next 5 years we will see again a Gold/Silver ratio below 40. In 2012 the ratio was at 30. Looking at a longer chart https://www.macrotrends.net/1441/gold-to-silver-ratio, you can see that in 1980 the ratio was close to 10. My understanding is that the natural Gold/Silver ratio in mother earth is less than 10. So a ratio of 10 at some time in the future is possible. Apart from the Gold/Silver ratio, there are a lot more factors that are in favor of Silver, regarding future possible price increases. However, for the moment being, Silver suffers a bit due to lower industrial demand. Although Silver might retest recent lows and might fall back to the range of 12 to 13 in the coming days, Silver is in fact the most undervalued commodity (although for me it is not a commodity but rather money) on the planet now. I expect Silver to move to 26 in the coming weeks and to much higher prices in the coming months. As mentioned by others here in this thread, in case of a barter situation, Silver definitely is more handy than Gold.
    Hello

    Great insight -I agree …

    Personally, I have found investing in silver has been a treacherous, incredibly frustrating ride over the last 12 years.

    My apprehension lies in the markets being 100% fixed (source the London Fix) - causing massive uncertainty. Everything points to an uptick in the spot price in the near future with G/S ratio being uncharted territory. You gotta hate the premiums charged on the coins right now? Are they any premiums beings charged for bars?


    I have also intuitively gotten a number of 26 as a by the end of year high. I am just curious where you may gotten that number.


    Blessings Luke
    Dear Luke

    Yes, no doubt at all, investing in Silver has been incredibly frustrating over the past 20 years (with the exception of the year 2010 and 2011). I haven't bought any physical Silver for a long time and therefore do not have any answer regarding premiums. My understanding is that for Silver bars, there should not be much premium as it seems that there is sufficient physical Silver available. Regarding the number 26, I use several different analitical tools/techniques. I look at fundamental analysis, cycle analysis, technical analysis, CoT (Commitment of Trades) in order to check on a weekly basis the manipulation risk and I even look at tools that for many do seem a bit woo woo, like astrology (Merriman). The 26 number is a fibonacci retracement number. Looking at the price in the year 2000, when in my opinion the Gold/Silver bull market started, with a Silber price at more or less 4 USD per ounce, and looking at the high in 2011 at more or less 48.50 USD I get the following fibonacci retracement levels: 26.25 = 50% retracement and 21.50 = 0.618 retracement. Both, 21.50 and 26.25 are now strong resistances. Once the Silver price will move above this years high at 19.60, the price will move to the 21 - 22 level and from there possibly in a relatively short time to 26 - 28. In any case, the upside potential is interesting. However, fluctuation will increase and nerves of steel will help to move through the coming rollercoaster phase.
    … Thank you for responding and sharing your expertise!

    Your method is slightly more involved then my dowsing rods - but it gives me hope the I came up with the same number.


    Blessings Luke
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    Silver isn't the best stand in for gold, because of its bulk. It is also an industrial metal, so it tends to trade more in line with other commodities, not as much as a safe haven. If banks really do collapse, old silver coins (junk silver) ordered from a bank, now, might do really well. At least in Canada you could order them from a bank. I don't know about right now though.

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    The Gold/Silver ratio, see https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-GOLDSILVER/ indicates clearly that Silver presents a much better investment opportunity than Gold. My guess is that over the next 5 years we will see again a Gold/Silver ratio below 40. In 2012 the ratio was at 30. Looking at a longer chart https://www.macrotrends.net/1441/gold-to-silver-ratio, you can see that in 1980 the ratio was close to 10. My understanding is that the natural Gold/Silver ratio in mother earth is less than 10. So a ratio of 10 at some time in the future is possible. Apart from the Gold/Silver ratio, there are a lot more factors that are in favor of Silver, regarding future possible price increases. However, for the moment being, Silver suffers a bit due to lower industrial demand. Although Silver might retest recent lows and might fall back to the range of 12 to 13 in the coming days, Silver is in fact the most undervalued commodity (although for me it is not a commodity but rather money) on the planet now. I expect Silver to move to 26 in the coming weeks and to much higher prices in the coming months. As mentioned by others here in this thread, in case of a barter situation, Silver definitely is more handy than Gold.
    Hello

    Great insight -I agree …

    Personally, I have found investing in silver has been a treacherous, incredibly frustrating ride over the last 12 years.

    My apprehension lies in the markets being 100% fixed (source the London Fix) - causing massive uncertainty. Everything points to an uptick in the spot price in the near future with G/S ratio being uncharted territory. You gotta hate the premiums charged on the coins right now? Are they any premiums beings charged for bars?


    I have also intuitively gotten a number of 26 as a by the end of year high. I am just curious where you may gotten that number.


    Blessings Luke
    Dear Luke

    Yes, no doubt at all, investing in Silver has been incredibly frustrating over the past 20 years (with the exception of the year 2010 and 2011). I haven't bought any physical Silver for a long time and therefore do not have any answer regarding premiums. My understanding is that for Silver bars, there should not be much premium as it seems that there is sufficient physical Silver available. Regarding the number 26, I use several different analitical tools/techniques. I look at fundamental analysis, cycle analysis, technical analysis, CoT (Commitment of Trades) in order to check on a weekly basis the manipulation risk and I even look at tools that for many do seem a bit woo woo, like astrology (Merriman). The 26 number is a fibonacci retracement number. Looking at the price in the year 2000, when in my opinion the Gold/Silver bull market started, with a Silber price at more or less 4 USD per ounce, and looking at the high in 2011 at more or less 48.50 USD I get the following fibonacci retracement levels: 26.25 = 50% retracement and 21.50 = 0.618 retracement. Both, 21.50 and 26.25 are now strong resistances. Once the Silver price will move above this years high at 19.60, the price will move to the 21 - 22 level and from there possibly in a relatively short time to 26 - 28. In any case, the upside potential is interesting. However, fluctuation will increase and nerves of steel will help to move through the coming rollercoaster phase.
    … Thank you for responding and sharing your expertise!

    Your method is slightly more involved then my dowsing rods - but it gives me hope the I came up with the same number.


    Blessings Luke
    Interesting your comment about the dowsing rods. Unfortunately I am not good at dowsing. However, in addition to the traditional techniques I use on a daily basis, I do use cards as well. Simple yes/no questions, 3 cards, 2 or 3 head ups are a yes. My daughter is seasoned at using dowsing rods and I mostly ask her to double check my findings by her using the dowsing technique. Further to the traditional techniques indicating the 26 price mark for July/August this year, the non traditional techniques (my daughters dowsing and myself using the cards) gave us the same price indication. I use my cards at least once every day and ask my daughter to double check it on average 3 to 4 times a week. I normally do sent the questions to my daughter by e-mail. She does not read the questions as such but just checks if it is a yes or no answer and sends me back the mail indicating that question 1 is a yes or a no and so on. So it is a kind of a blind check. Since November last year, by using my daughters dowsing and myself using the cards, we got the 26 price indication on more than 90% of our checks. A rate of above 90% on more than 500 checks, is definitely above the law of probability. The accuracy rate of dowsing/cards, be it short or medium term, is astonishing. All the best
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