Monday, February 21, 2011

Silver moves past old high

From Arabian Money:

A week ago and you could have made a good argument for the silver price being at a double top. And typically after confirming a previous high, a downturn would be in prospect.

But not after prices jumped to $32.60 by the end of the week, comfortably placing silver in a fresh stage of upward momentum.

It is not hard to reason why. There is the weakening dollar. Geopolitical upsets like the Arab World’s revolution in Egypt and its knock-on impact on Bahrain. Or the US budget deficit.

Hard assets

The rush to hard assets continues. Some observers will not be convinced of the silver price break out until it is confirmed by gold which has been a laggard in this rally and still not above its recent high of $1,430.

That confirmation should not be long in coming. UAE gold sellers report shortages of gold in January as canny local investors bought at lower prices. Mints around the world are having to ration coins.

Metal analysts see silver now heading to $36 before any further correction. But silver has always been volatile. It does, however, almost always outperform gold on the upside as well as on the downside.......read on

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