iShares Silver Trust

NYSE ARCA: SLV
$28.43
-$1.32 (-4.4%)
Closing Price on November 6, 2024

SLV Articles

We are seeing several key movers in the after-hours session, some based on earnings and some based upon other events.  Those on the move are BMC Software Inc. (NYSE: BMC), Hansen Medical, Inc....
The sell-off in shiny metals leads off today’s commodities news. We also note new data that shows the US is a net exporter of oil for the first time in 20 years and some hope that coffee prices...
There is a common belief of the skeptics that the market is designed to cause the most financial pain possible, and the moves in cult stocks can be more painful than most investors can withstand. ...
Today’s commodities news starts off with new highs for aluminum, and still falling silver prices, low numbers on corn plantings, and lowering of the outlook for cotton. As prices for some...
Today’s commodities news reflects on the sharp drop in silver, continuing softness in cotton prices, and another fall in grain prices. The fall in silver prices immediately following the...
The reaction to the death of terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden has had what feels like a very limited impact on key financial markets, particularly if you go back and relive the week after the...
This last week brought many reactionary calls from analysts after earnings.  Our goal in the top analyst calls of the week is not to highlight after-the-fact research but to highlight those research...
One factor driving the price of silver through the roof is its use in industrial products. About half the world’s demand for silver comes from industries such as solar PV makers like Suntech Power...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AGCO Corporation (NASDAQ: AGCO) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the...
The recent rise of silver and gold is hopefully the last wave of the new buyers hedging against inflation and buying protection against uncertainty in hard assets over paper money.  Sadly, that...
If you think that silver demand is tempering as prices have passed $40.00 and then some, the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) is about to get even larger.  After reviewing SEC filings, a filing from...
In today’s commodities news another automaker is raising prices to meet higher commodity prices, corn and wheat continue to jostle for position as the higher-priced food, and gold prices keep...
Commodities news today features another processing plant acquisition, the latest projections on demand for steel, and more increases in the price of wheat. Gold and silver continue to make new highs...
Today’s commodities report focuses on rising costs for fertilizer and food, the drought in the US southwest, and reports that China is re-selling some of its coal imports. Earlier today we noted...
The move of a generation in silver continues to rise in The Devil’s Metal.  The same logic two years ago for why silver was the better metal than gold for inflation hedging has come on in full...