Reddit Silver Salvo 2021

Reddit has jumped head first into the silver market. Have they bitten off more than they can chew? Here are our thoughts and perspectives on the hot issue of Jan/Feb 2021.

Is The Silver Market Really Being Manipulated? Part 1

Reddit Silver Salvo of 2021 wants to recreate their GME short squeeze success in silver. is this wise?

The Reddit Rampage of 2021 has now set its sights on something higher than hedge funds running overly short books – the Man himself.

Not the Wall Street man, the Man. As in, the Man who prints the USD, Man.

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Is The Silver Market Really Being Manipulated? Part 2

Reddit Silver Salvo of 2021 wants to recreate their GME short squeeze success in silver. is this wise?

Another way that silver could have been manipulated is by traders hammering the fix.

Could have because the fixing methodology has been revamped and is now auditable and based on transactions.

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Is The Silver Market Really Being Manipulated? King Dollar

Reddit Silver Salvo of 2021 wants to recreate their GME short squeeze success in silver. is this wise?

The second factor driving Reddit interest in silver is a more interesting discussion, which is their adoption of the “precious metals are real money” perspective – their attempt to really stick it to the Man.  

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Is The Silver Market Really Being Manipulated? King Miners

Reddit Silver Salvo of 2021 wants to recreate their GME short squeeze success in silver. is this wise?

The biggest difference between stocks and silver is that silver is a market with producers. Stocks are not really produced, they are issued as needed (or wanted) by corporations. That means that most of the time, the supply of a company’s stock in the public market stays the same.

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Is The Silver Market Really Being Manipulated? SLV Beware!

Reddit Silver Salvo of 2021 wants to recreate their GME short squeeze success in silver. is this wise?

It seems that Reddit’s vehicle of choice for their Silver Salvo is SLV, a silver ETF. This makes sense for them, since most do not have accounts (or brokers) that allow them to trade silver futures, leaving them with ETFs as the only way to gain exposure to silver prices.

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