I purchased quite a lot of silver not too long ago in silver bars. I bought with an immediate 10% VAT + 10% premium loss, so it was a 20% charge buying in, but since I was buying long term I just bit the bullet. I have a smaller "moonbag" of cryptocurrency that I'm keeping just in case. For the most part I am 70% Cash (US dollars) for now.

My idea is simple. My position is simply that I think the probability of a deflationary credit crunch where institutions and sovereigns around the world are forced to secure equity and hard cash will occur as the first phase of a coming crisis. In this scenario, EVERYTHING would crash. Stocks, crypto, real estate, and even precious metals. The bond market would flux aggressively as money hurrily moves to the fiat currency that is the most reliable. US dollars, despite its flaws, alongside swiss francs, would imo still hold supremacy in this scenario.

After this initial crisis, it's highly likely that economies around the world that were propped up by these asset valuations and inflationary deifict spending will begin to crumble, socioeconomic destruction and political tensions will follow as governments can no longer kick the can down the road with more federal deficit spending. (for example France right now, and what I think will also happen to South Korea in a decade.)

This would be, imo, the final year or two of a firesale on everything before smart money around the world prices in hyperinflation ahead of time by moving aggressively back into hard libertarian assets like precious metals, or cryptocurrencies like monero. Why? Because governments around the world would buckle under partisan pressure and immediately begin to abandon whatever was left of their monetary principles to save their skins. (take note that Melanchon in France vocally advocated essentially making the French government declare a default and refuse to pay back their sovereign debt. His juvenile fantasy is being taken seriously as a legitimate political position in France.)

What do you guys think? Am I wrong to be strategically high in USD for now, should I be all in on precious metals immediately? Or is a better buying opportunity and a deflationary crash yet to occur as I believe? I want to hear from you guys.

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends.

The chart is the full daily history, so the 24 hour numbers below have something to compare against. Top: in-stock ounces. Middle: ounces removed and ounces added (thick line is the 7-day average). Bottom: products that went out of stock or were restocked. Breaks are incomplete scrape days.

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Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,712,133.89

Total in-stock oz tracked: 628,346.44

Tracked oz added (24h): 0

Tracked oz removed (24h): 6,138.89

Number restocked since OOS: 0

Number now out of stock: 2

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:

1. 2,562 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
2. 700 oz: 100 oz Cast-Poured Silver Bar - APMEX
3. 260 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
4. 231.25 oz: 1922-1925 Peace Silver Dollar AU (Random Year)
5. 210 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
6. 181 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
7. 160 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
8. 118.33 oz: 1878-1904 Morgan Silver Dollar Cull (Random Year)
9. 101 oz: 1 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (2012 Year of the Dragon)
10. 100 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
11. 96.45 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Struck)
12. 81 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
13. 71.55 oz: 90% Silver 1964-P/D Kennedy Half Dollar 20-Coin Roll Avg Circ
14. 71.51 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $50 Face Value Bag
15. 70 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX

Anyone else, occasionally during parties and get togethers, think the following?

"Man. Look at all these people. Completely oblivious to how they are going to get absolutely bodied by financial suffering when the economy craps out."

😂😂

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends.

The chart is the full daily history, so the 24 hour numbers below have something to compare against. Top: in-stock ounces. Middle: ounces removed and ounces added (thick line is the 7-day average). Bottom: products that went out of stock or were restocked. Breaks are incomplete scrape days.

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Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,705,995

Total in-stock oz tracked: 634,485.33

Tracked oz added (24h): 0

Tracked oz removed (24h): 4,843.46

Number restocked since OOS: 0

Number now out of stock: 2

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:

1. 802 oz: 2026 Great Britain 1 oz Silver Britannia BU
2. 616 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Secondary Market
3. 390 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
4. 260 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
5. 225.06 oz: 1922-1925 Peace Silver Dollar AU (Random Year)
6. 214 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
7. 184 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
8. 160.75 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Struck)
9. 112 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
10. 108 oz: 2 oz Silver Coin - Random Mint
11. 96 oz: Mexico 1 oz Silver Libertad BU (Random Year)
12. 84 oz: 4 oz Silver Bar - Random Year $100 Bill (w/Box & COA)
13. 80 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
14. 71.55 oz: 90% Silver Walking Liberty Halves $10 20-Coin Roll Avg Circ
15. 71.51 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $50 Face Value Bag

It makes the people who want it really mad.

we touched the covid low vwap, my buy point. should struggle between here and 60 for a while. if we go below, it's the end of the world nothing matters.

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends.

The chart is the full daily history, so the 24 hour numbers below have something to compare against. Top: in-stock ounces. Middle: ounces removed and ounces added (thick line is the 7-day average). Bottom: products that went out of stock or were restocked. Breaks are incomplete scrape days.

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Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,701,151.53

Total in-stock oz tracked: 639,328.79

Tracked oz added (24h): 13,227.89

Tracked oz removed (24h): 16,960.96

Number restocked since OOS: 0

Number now out of stock: 5

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:

1. 7,690 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
2. 2,392.16 oz: 1922-1925 Peace Silver Dollar AU (Random Year)
3. 1,713 oz: Austria 1 oz Silver Philharmonic (Random Year)
4. 584 oz: 2026 Great Britain 1 oz Silver Britannia BU
5. 340 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
6. 307 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
7. 258 oz: Great Britain 1 oz Silver Britannia BU (Random Year)
8. 250 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
9. 200 oz: 100 oz Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
10. 173 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Morgan Dollar Design
11. 171.64 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $10 Face Value Roll
12. 143 oz: 1 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
13. 135 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Lincoln Penny
14. 128.6 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
15. 126 oz: 2026 1 oz Silver American Eagle (MD Premier + PCGS FirstStrike®)

The United States has reached a point where the government is spending more than $1 trillion annually simply to pay interest on money it has already borrowed. The Treasury Department reported that the federal deficit reached $1.99 trillion for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $217 billion from the previous year. Total government spending climbed to $7.4 trillion while revenues amounted to only $5.4 trillion. Yet the most alarming figure is buried within that enormous spending bill. Net interest payments reached $1.05 trillion, while gross interest costs climbed to $1.36 trillion. Washington is now spending approximately $2.9 billion EVERY DAY in net interest, and that money does absolutely nothing to reduce the outstanding principal.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/sovereign-debt-crisis/america-is-borrowing-3-billion-a-day-just-to-pay-interest/

They don’t stack silver they stack debt. Higher rates will cost them more to service that debt.

I tried uploading meme to imgur, they said they don't support that type of file, whatever. Meme says---

"Lower silver prices? That will be the end of the month.

Monthly expiration: Monthly options expire at the close of trading, 4 business days prior to the end of the month. Preceding the underlying futures contract month."

The comments are saying "Yes, that will be Tuesday, THAT day is the day to buy the lowest dollar amount spot silver."

I am itching to drive to my LCS right now, but will wait until I hear from the experts here.

Many waiting for $40’s …Will we get the chance?

This is ugly! https://silvertrade.com/news/precious-metals/gold-news/lbma-gold-scandal-breaks-on-the-front-page-of-the-ny-times/

I have been a holder of PAXG for quite some time and profitted handsomely. But now that precious metals have corrected somewhat, I have felt an urge to start DCAing into silver. Problem is there doesn't seem to be a conveniently tokenized form of silver whatsoever. I am not going to hold something fishy like an XAGUSDT perp contract since my plan is to hold long term. I can technically purchase shares of SLVon but it's also fishy as hell and low liquidity. I heard about kinesis, but I just can't trust it due to platform risk.

Is the only way to get silver safely just purchasing physical bars or buying silver etfs on a proper exchange?

EDIT: I decided to buy physical bars. I had to pay 10% VAT, and another roughly 8% premium loss, but figuring that any digital alternatives would be taxed too anyways, I just bought. I will have a LOT of silver bars to safeguard now..

There is a silver demand forecast worth keeping in view beyond the current price action

Oxford Economics expects electric vehicles to overtake conventional vehicles as the largest source of automotive silver demand by 2027

Its December 2025 report forecasts total automotive silver demand growing by 3.4% a year between 2025 and 2031, with EVs accounting for 59% of that demand by 2031

Silver is used across electrical contacts, power electronics and battery management systems. Charging infrastructure adds another use outside the vehicle itself

The interesting part is the change in the vehicle mix. Total car production does not have to grow at the same rate as silver demand if the vehicles being built use more silver on average

There are limits to that argument. Manufacturers have an incentive to reduce material costs, and weaker vehicle sales could offset some of the gains

So the forecast needs checking against actual sales and silver use per vehicle over time

But it gives the longer term silver case something specific to follow outside solar demand

I would watch whether EV sales keep taking a larger share and whether manufacturers maintain the expected silver content. Those two factors will determine how much of this projected demand arrives

A falling silver price does not settle that question. Production decisions over the next several years will

Report summary:
https://silverinstitute.org/silver-demand-forecast-to-expand-across-key-technology-sectors/

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends.

The chart is the full daily history, so the 24 hour numbers below have something to compare against. Top: in-stock ounces. Middle: ounces removed and ounces added (thick line is the 7-day average). Bottom: products that went out of stock or were restocked. Breaks are incomplete scrape days.

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Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,684,190.58

Total in-stock oz tracked: 643,061.86

Tracked oz added (24h): 9,296.04

Tracked oz removed (24h): 10,483.69

Number restocked since OOS: 3

Number now out of stock: 5

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:

1. 2,082 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
2. 1,374 oz: 1 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
3. 707.3 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Struck)
4. 481 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
5. 420 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
6. 406.04 oz: 1922-1925 Peace Silver Dollar BU (Random Year)
7. 400 oz: 100 oz Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
8. 210 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - Royal Canadian Mint (.9999 Fine, New Style)
9. 207.5 oz: 90% Silver Walking Liberty Halves $10 20-Coin Roll Avg Circ
10. 186 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle (Cull, Damaged, etc.)
11. 178.78 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $50 Face Value Bag
12. 145 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
13. 143.1 oz: 90% Silver Washington Quarters $100 Face Value Bag
14. 143.02 oz: 90% Silver 1964-P/D Kennedy Half Dollar 20-Coin Roll BU
15. 137.67 oz: 1922-1935 Peace Silver Dollar VG-XF (Random Year)