Archive for the 'Inflation' Category

The market was down, commodities were down, everything was down. So where do you put your money? Especially if you can’t put your money in precious metals, which are supposed to save you from inflation.

Well, we don’t think the world has gone crazy and decided to take their money out of everything. We think rather, the market is correcting itself. Investors are taking profits from both equities and commodities and we’re seeing a sell-off. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look into buying these.

We think instead, you should think about buying into the market, especially something like SLV or GLD. Both of these ETFs look to provide you with buying opportunities in the coming weeks. Especially if we see another pull-back in the market. What around or get in now, either way, it looks like there might be some dollars to be had in the precious metals world.

The recent stock market rally has allowed investors to regain some of the losses they endured last year.  Commodities like silver and gold are no exception.  You’d think with a strong equities martket they would be, but nope, this isn’t the case.

Instead, with the dollar looking to weaken based on a fed that continues to print money, precious metals may be a good buy.  So how do you get into precious metals?

Well, one way is to buy ETFs like the silver trust ETF SLV. These types of funds allow you to directly invest in silver and gold without having to buy the precious metals themselves. But the question is, will silver, and likewise SLV be abel to survive the market rally? We think yes. Even though gold and silver have had amazing gains, we think they will continue to do so.

Although this is just our opinion, you have to look at what might cause this. Inflation, due to all that money printing, may cause investors, who like to hedge against downside risk of their dollars being worth less, by investing in silver. Others may want to play the silver game based on the fact that china and markets like it, namely india, are expanding at a rapid pace, and all those people are going to need things with gold or silver in them.

That’s why, it may be prudent just to keep a little SLV or GLD in your portfolio for the time being.