It’s a way more important question than it was a couple of years ago:

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It’s a way more important question than it was a couple of years ago:

The first time I wrote about the symbol PSLV (the Sprott physical silver trust) was October 2024 in a post aptly named Silver Has LAUNCHED. I credited long-time five-star general BabyBear for this one, and it is up about 150% since then.

A silver (and gold) lining was, of course, the precious metals sector for we who had anticipated the bull. Gold led, the rest of the precious metals complex, and eventually broader markets, followed.
With the Fed already on a rate cutting regimen and positioned for some form of QE (as it plans to buy short-term Treasuries and let MBS roll off the books), and Trump soon to tap a yes-man to chair the Fed, the inflation problem they appear to want to summon should lift a wider segment of the broad commodity and resources sectors.
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