Silver – an historical comparison

In this article, we will describe both a bullish and a bearish view on silver. Some say Gold and Silver are huge bubbles about to pop (they say that silver already popped when it dropped from nearly $50 to nearly $30 in may). Gold however, is trading near an all-time high, so definitely, the gold bubble hasn’t popped (yet).

We are no silver bears. Nor are we silver bulls, but we always try to spot trend changes, and anticipate these changes by investing accordingly. It can be both on the long and the short side. Over the last 10 years, in general, we had a bullish view on commodities, although there were times when we took profits when prices rose too much, too quickly. Back in march, we anticipated a huge rise in silver prices, as we described in one of our articles (http://profitimes.com/free-articles/silver-45-48-is-our-target-for-the-next-couple-of-weeks). Silver was trading around $37 back then, and we projected a rally towards $48 over the next couple of weeks. When silver hit our target at the end of April, our view was that silver rose too much, too quickly, and anticipated lower prices as we described in another article on our site (http://profitimes.com/free-articles/silver-2006-vs-silver-today-does-it-look-familiar).

So once more, we are no silver bulls, nor silver bears, although from time to time we have a bearish/bullish view, depending on price action. Nothing goes straight up or down. That is an important fact to realize.

Enough talked now. Let’s have a look at some charts.

Do you think the following charts are similar? I drew red and black lines to show similar moves. If the answer to this question is YES, than you probably wonder what these charts represent. The upper chart represents the price action of silver from 1980 until today. The lower chart represents the price action of silver from today back to 1980 (I mirrored the current price action chart horizontally). Do you see the similarities?

If you don’t see the similarities, I posted one chart on top of the other to visualize it better:

If history would be any guide, the silver “bubble” could indeed pop as the bears say. Based on this chart (and assuming the similarities will keep holding up), silver could fall back towards $1.29 over the next 9-10 years. I know that it’s hard to imagine, but just hold on silver bulls, your case will be explained now.

Compare the charts below.  Again, do you see any similarities? The left chart is the CPI INFLATION ADJUSTED price chart of silver today, while the chart on the right represents the CPI INFLATION ADJUSTED price chart of silver from 1985 back to 1980 and earlier. Do you see the similarities?