The price of silver edged closer and closer to $17 a troy ounce at the close of last week. The world economy is still fairly volatile but the price of precious metals remains a pretty fairly bullish market, continuing the run that started over two years ago.

As earnings come out for several large companies in the US the dollar, and more so the US economy will help dictate if the world still wants to keep it’s money safe in things like precious metals (although not always that safe).

Time will tell if the price of silver can surpass the $20 mark, which doesn’t seem too far fetched as the demand continues to grow around the world in newly developed nations such as China, and with the economy still so volatile.