"Gold and Silver are money, all else credit" - JP Morgan

When you can’t afford gold, no matter what, silver is worth something. Especially when a dollar is worth nothing.

I think this is one of the first videos I've listened to where someone hasn't tried to sell me their book or reports. Thank you!

Silver has been used through out all history as money more than gold actually. Silver is a monetary metal.

The federal reserve is not federal nor does it have any reserves

Silver and gold are manipulated to stay low so people don't panic out of the dollar. They have been rigging precious metals for 80 + years

I'm a young person, not much skin in the game, but you taught me to look at this historically and measure the value based on value cycles as well as policy. Definitely something to think about. Thanks.

JP Morgan has “TONS”of silver sitting in a vault , do what they do not what they say. Silver to the moon!

Gold is for Kings silver is for gentlemen bartering is for common men debt is for the slave and lead is for those who steal.... be safe everyone and keep the faith.

Why doesn't anyone talk about the fact that the United States Constitution says that there will be no other standard of trade(money) other than gold or silver!

Mark I think you covered this well. One thing I would add is that silver, by being used as an industrial metal and because of its current low price it is not being recycled in appreciable numbers. Most of the silver also is in such small quantity it gets lost forever. This will also play big in the above-ground supply in the future.

"If you don't make money while you sleep, you'll work till the day you die" 💯

I’m your average broke American. I own some PMs. For people like me, silver is the better option. It’s affordable.

I've been paying attention to silver on youtube for about 3 years now and this is likely the best video I've seen explaining Silver to date. You have earned another subscriber my friend. I want to see what else you have to say.

I'm not an investor but this was a great history of the gold and silver relationship and beginnings. Thank you.

I really enjoyed the history lesson about the gold/silver ratio... Everyone always talks about the gold standard and about the printing of money not backed, but i rarely get good info on the gold/silver ratio. Interesting and informative. Thanks. To your success, as well!

Silver is more undervalued than gold actually so imo more potential for upside

I stack the metals mostly as a hedge against inflation, and a store of value. I do not stack expecting to make a bunch of money in the future, I stack to preserve the value of the Fiat paper currency I have already earned. The value of the Fiat will eventually go to zero, as it has every single time in the history of mankind. Precious metals, will never go to zero and never have.

Hold at least a 1,000 ounces of physical Silver. You'll thank me later

Loved the history of gold/silver! Most informative video I’ve ever seen on the subject!

Mark missed the entire reason why silver is cheap! Massive naked short contracts. Also, have you ever heard of J.P. Morgan? Just saying.

Let's be honest we just want to feel like pirates.

the little history lesson WAS AWESOME and helped me to understand the silver and gold relationship better thank you from CANADA !

Dude even if the ratio stays the same and gold goes up, silver will be wroth a lot more than now. Silver always goes up a lot after gold does.

Once nobody can afford to buy gold people will rush to silver.

JP Morgan is manipulating silver price while simultaneously stockpiling physical in warehouses

felt in love with silver 2 weeks ago only have 192 ounces and whenever l hold that bag man oh man that feeling and the smile in awesome

Love your videos! You have a gift for explaining seemingly complex issues...Thank you !

My strategy is simple.. buy silver when the gold/silver ration is high..80-90 to one. When the ratio goes down , like to 40-50 to one, sell silver and buy gold with the proceeds

The U.S. government called silver a stategic national resourse In the 60's -thats why they want to keep the price low & unattractive as an asset.

Mark you come across as a really exceptional individual ! You project a realishness that is pretty clear to a very intuitive person! Good on ya mate!

Hey Mark I'm probably one of those investors you were talking about in the video of investing in silver years ago and not so much in the last few years. I grew up a coin collector and started investing in precious metals long before I started investing in stocks. I bought a lot of silver during the last recession mostly eagles and coins. I bought most of my coins for 9 to 1 (9 times the face value) and sold at 30 to 1 right before it crashed. Then when it bottomed out a few years ago I bought a lot more around $13/ounce and have been sitting on it for a few years now. Hopefully with this 2020 recession my latest investment will pay off. I also bought gold around $1,000 an ounce and have been sitting on that. It's like Ray Dalio says "If you don't own gold you don't know history nor economics."

In Venzuela these days, a silver dollar will be enough to buy food for a family for a week. A prepper friend of mine is sending his aunt and her family in Venezuela 4 silver dollars a month to keep them alive and well. They spend it on open, rural markets, not in stores. Silver is a life insurance for bad times, when fiat money collapses. If this don't happen in my liftime, I'll just pass it on to my kids, and no harm is done to the family economy. If the price of silver goes way up, the last thing I would do is to sell it. Silver is to be used, not invested in for profit.

Silver is golds ugly sister...she's used because she's cheap...dosen't get the respect she deserves though popular. She is in the precious metal family,so when they get an invite to the "Bull Market Party" silver gets a personal invitation too. Don't forget silver also more appreciative to her suitors, she puts out.

Again another great video. What I love most is he did not hold up a 10 oz bar of gold and a 10oz bar of silver to show us how cool he is. His history is relevant and accurate (yes.....history matters). Found this guy by accident on YT

Just stumbled across your video's. Great production, great presentation style. Not only that, but as at todays date (07/28/20) silver has has gone ballistic. Well done.

You're wasting your time with this drawn out piece! The reason to hold silver and gold is because the fiat monetary system is on a path to total collapse! You can't print more and more money, create more and more massive debts, and get away with it forever! Eventually, physical assets, tangible assets, gold, silver, other metals, food, and the basics of sustaining life, will either be worth far more than anything else, or will hold their relative value while everything else collapses and becomes worthless!

Just an add on..... in the last 10 years the production of silver coins etc have sold less but I think the creation of silver etfs etc have given a lot of investors a false sense of security of having protection from metals in their portfolios. At some point when the next crisis comes there is a huge potencial for those silver and gold etfs to go belly up as from last I checked they are leveraged around 300 to 1 so people think they have silver or gold in those funds but they will never get it if requested. The next few years will be interesting!

Very informative - thank you! Loved the history component.

Appreciate your informative videos Mark Moss. I learn a lot. One very important facet of silver I will add to the conversation --- we are headed in the direction of a digital currency and silver (as well as gold) are portable, and the government is oblivious to the private transaction. Plus, after the great deflation and then hyper-inflation, the precious metals will give you somewhat of a fighting chance at preserving assets and surviving.

Considering the near certainty of a major economic crisis in the near future, Silver is the best store of wealth on earth right now. Though unlikely and because of its diverse and ever increasing industrial demand, the lowest I see it going is $15, which would be a 12% loss. Dollars will hyperinflate and become worthless, equities could lose 90% in months, grain demand and thus farmland prices fall in crises. Silver is and has been money for 6,000 years. When steak reaches a certain price, all of a sudden the price of hamburger jumps because people who were priced out of steak settle for hamburger. Same thing with Gold and Silver. Gold will moonshot but not without silver coming along for the ride.

Another understandable and informative video, thank you Mr. Moss. If the dollar and the market both collapse, could a tighter gold market push investors into silver, causing it to climb?

Good Mini lecture, I enjoyed and appreciate the history lesson. Thanks!

So much value from your videos, thank you for your content!

I have a large position in a junior miner named “Silver Bull Resources”. Ticker symbol: SVBL. They have a ton of silver in the ground and a ton of zinc as well. I think when the price of physical silver goes up above $18, this stock will explode due to leverage. They have teamed up with South 32 to drill for more resources. Thank you for your channel and the information you are sharing. I truly appreciate hearing your input on this sector. Best wishes! Don

A few days ago I looked at the historic 100 year gold and silver charts side by side. I noticed that all the major peaks you can see on one graph, you can see on the other. Often they peak in the very same month. Then I noticed that silver's moves are harder and sharper. When the assets hit their all time highs in 2011, they both peaked in the same month, but gold started its bull market 2-3 years sooner. Silver also tanked harder after the peak was passed. To me this indicates a very strong buy signal for silver now, since gold has started another bull market, but silver hasn't moved yet. I did not see one instance on the historic chart of one asset having making a large peak or dip while the other did not, only that silver started later and moved faster to compensate. I also saw that gold retains its value better during the bear market. If you had bought silver in 2001 and sold at its all time high in 2011, you multiplied your money by 11 (that's 26% annual returns). Doing the same with gold would have only multiplied your money by 7. However, if you had just held rather than selling during the peak, your silver would only have retained a gain of 3.5, and gold would have retained a gain of 4.55 (this is even ignoring the most recent bull market in gold in order to make a fair comparison, since silver's bull market hasn't started yet). So yes, it seems recent history shows that silver is a better speculative asset, and gold is a better store of value. I have just calculated that even if you ignore the recent bull market in gold (using a price of gold of about $1200), buying gold in 2000 and holding would have netted yearly average gains of 7%. That's quite good considering that I chose on purpose the time in the 21st century that would give gold the worst results. Another thing to consider is that a quick google search says that the total value of all silver in the world is $59 billion. The total value of all gold in the world is $7.5 trillion. That means there is more than 100 times as much money in gold as there is in silver. Bill Gates can individually buy all the silver in the world. It is true that most people don't think of silver as a store of value like gold, but the history of the last couple decades has shown that they remember it when there is a crisis. We are in unprecedented times, so I wouldn't discount silver. I read an article not long ago which said that if all the hedge funds and mutual funds in the world decided to diversify into gold and silver, and they put even 2% of their assets in silver, they could buy 40 times the world's total supply of silver. If investor interest in silver goes up even a little, it will break the market.

Excellent upload, got my head straight about the differences.

I highly appreciated this video. I am the newest you can get in the precious metal investing niche. I just started really getting interested and you have confirmed a strategy that I had in mind without knowing that much history. But with that history, it would seem as though my strategy was made with having that knowledge. Thanks! I have thousands of questions that sometimes surprisingly get answered via video on YT. Lol

Loved this video. Wonderfully explained. Thank you.

So, the case for silver... Let's start with the fundamentals: We can see the Commodities to Equities Ratio over the last 50 years or so - this looks at the ratio of the S&P GSCI Total Return CME, which just represents a commodities index to the S&P 500, which obviously represents an equities index. A higher ratio represents times when commodities are doing well and vice versa. For example, we see a low ratio during the early 70s, the tech bubble and.....now. In fact, we are currently sitting at the lowest ratio for over 50 years. Looking at this, does the risk/reward look better for commodities or equities? As well as this, since 2009, we have seen the longest economic expansion in US history. The only other time we've had a return as high was the roaring 20s. So, there is really no historical precedent for higher levels. Central banks have started to interfere with sound money and sound economics, that's why wealth inequality is so high (like the 1920s) So as an investor in equities, would you feel comfortable buying at these ranges given this historical outlook? Now, there is a game theory element that many people bring up - if the Fed continues the printing, just ride the wave. Well, that is fair enough at earlier times in this cycle, but personally the risk/reward is now not favourable this late in the cycle - particular given the historical context. Remember the Warren Buffett quote about not losing money! Over 30-40 years, parking capital in the S&P 500 will (barring some apocalyptic event) work out well. But, although long term investment is the aim, it would be great if we could be more productive in the short to medium term and try to mitigate against those sharp corrections or crashes that wiped out so many in 08 and the roaring 20s obviously... In this spirit, let's take a look at Silver: We can see the price chart - from around $4 an ounce in 1997 to around $17 an ounce today. How can we analyse this from a macro point of view? Well, on a fundamental level, due to central banking policy, the purchasing power of the dollar has gone down. The dollar has actually been a relatively strong currency, which shows how global this problem is. We see an explosion of assets held by the MAJOR CENTRAL BANKS - from around $5 TRILLION in 2007 to nearly $20 TRILLION today - they've been sweeping up treasuries, government bonds, mortgage backed securities, etc. So we know there are some fundamental issues. Thus, hedging commodities like silver are likely to go up in the coming years - one would assume. But we still need to have some analytic flavour to the analysis in order to provide more support to this macro thesis on the fundamentals. So from 2001 to 2011, that was around an 11x return - which is great! On the way, in 2006 and 2007, we hit the main resistance levels of $14 an ounce and $20 an ounce. And then, we broke out from that $20 an ounce resistance in late 2010 and we can see that this move was pretty quick and we hit $50 an ounce in 2011. There is a human psychology element to this, as we tend to chase even levels - we can see this in the S&P 500 over the last two decades (with the major even levels being 1500 and 3000). Therefore, it is important to consider this when thinking about how to exit and take profits. But then of course, as we can see, there was a 70% correction from 2011 to 2016. From there, we have been building support again at the resistance level (around $14 an ounce). And significantly, we popped above that $14 level so this previous resistance is now acting as a support. We would want to see continued movement in this range with the next target being the $20 level, and it is worth considering the fact that once we break this level the movement is usually pretty quick. Extrapolating the data from the earlier cycle onto this cycle, this gives a target (an even target) of $100 an ounce in the next decade or so. Some people believe this price action will occur more quickly, but I think it's important to not get overly bullish. Therefore, given this price action over previous cycles and the current price action looking promising in terms of the long term levels of support and resistance, and the fact that the fundamentals for commodities like silver are looking good at the moment, it is pretty reasonable to expect a price of $100 an ounce in the next 5-10 years. That would actually be a lower return than what we had between 2001 and 2011, and given central bank policy and inflation I think this is a reasonable target for that time period. From current levels, that would be around a 6x.

Great content. I love your videos and how you layout your opinions.

I think it was a great video and I love the history lesson and great info to know and I’m liking other people‘s comments too

Must be reverse psychology cause he just talked me into buying more silver

Thanks a ton Mark. I always wanted to know the relationship between gold and silver. And keep the history lessons coming!

Great video. Just bought silver and was a little worried for awhile watching this lol. Gotta love that ratio right now over 100!

Bravo! You nailed it Mark! Know your History, know your Enamy.

I think silver is undervalued and can shift into being more of a store of value like gold, especially with the high probability of a recession in the coming years. The market cap for silver is also so incredibly low, so I see a higher potential percent increase than gold. I've also been buying a shitload of silver this year, so I might be a little bit biased.

why have J.P Morgan collected between 150 and 850 million ounce of silver (depending upon whom you believe) if it is no longer considered a store of value? Why would various states in the U.S. start accepting silver as payment again if were no longer considered money. (I am in the U.K., I just watch :-) )

Thank you. Never watched your show before but this one persuaded me to subscribe.

No hype, no marketing. I like that kind of information. Thanks!

Peace, this a great video and lesson on gold and silver

We must also add into our risk calculus these factors: Silver is largely non-recoverable. We destroy silver every day while most of the gold ever mined is still in circulation. Silver scrap inventories continue to fall year over year, in addition silver is not normally mined as a primary resource. While it may pull back during economic slow downs due to soft demand this weakness is quickly absorbed by the market especially when it is near the price of production as it is now. Gold is and likely always will be a proxy to silver. Silver has been Golds little brother since biblical times and before. Lastly, anything priced in US dollars will rise in value as the currency weakens. This dynamic will also continue to be exploited by those in the know that have access to all that cheap freshly printed money. When interest rates rise, watch out below in capital markets? Cheers.

I tell u one thing no one knows exactly where we going. Thank you for your knowledge

Great vid, Thanks Mark been stacking both for years now.

Silver will outperform gold as it always does. It's more rare than gold. It has more uses than gold. To say that silver is a risk is hilarious considering an ounce of silver is about as much as a pizza and and you could buy a car with what it cost to buy and ounce of gold.

Gold is mostly a monetary metal. Silver is both a monetary metal and industrial meta (with many vital applications). Central banks don't buy silver because the silver market is not big enough for the amount of currency they are looking to convert. Historically the price of silver follows gold. The last time the silver to gold ratio was this high it dropped back down to almost 30:1 making silver a good investment today.

Thank you, this was very helpful for me. 1 distinction that seems to be true. Is that people still use silver for those smaller amounts just as they did in the past but in a different way. I only save money in hard assets, gold, silver, guns, some collectibles. I am fairly young and starting new businesses so money is tight, because of that, i cant always afford gold, so i go for silver instead. So essentially, it is still the same, in a different way. Also, military collectibles are booming and will only go higher. Collectors are buying up the limited stock everyday and it has driven the prices way up, and they are only going to keep rising. This is especially true for certain weapons, knives/bayonets, and guns. Thanks again

7 months later, and I'd like to thank you for your insight

Silver is a gift. To be cherished and honored not exploited!

The truth is silver has been money through more of history than gold has. The word for silver in many countries literally means money. Above ground silver is far more rare than gold, while below ground silver to gold is only being recovered at a ratio of 8 to 1. Silver is crucial to modern life and gold is not. In the 70s golds reaction to inflation was gold went up 24x, while silver went up 45x. Bottom line, SILVER IS MONEY.

The bottom line is, a silver quarter is worth over $3.50 today.. it doesn’t have to go to the moon it just needs to store purchasing power..a battery 🔋 for your time and labor

That was a good video Mark. I would love to see a follow up with your current opinion here in September 2020.

Everyday there's a new product and application of silver that is being used that takes silver out of investor's hands and into industry, and the fundamentals keeps getting better, but here we are in Dec 2019, and an ounce of silver is less than $20 or a movie ticket. The GSR is wack because it's been jerked around by the paper markets the regulators don't do much but slap fines and settle. It's a disaster since 2011.

❤️❤️Thank you for informative information❤️❤️

Having been investing in silver over the last 10 years I totally agree with your approach and understanding of this asset..

I like the way you presented this Mark, thanks for the video

"Silver can't be worth more than it's primary use case" WRONG! There is no demand or scarcity premium on silver, cost of production + small refining premium. When the PANIC comes and it's coming, this will change dramatically. Gold will sky rocket but silver will moonshot because there is LESS silver than gold and it's much more useful.

Back in the 1920's, a gallon of gas costed .25 cents. According to coinflation.com., a silver quarter is worth $3.07 as of today, which will still buy a gallon of gas (except for maybe in California). So it appears that the actual value of silver is holding strong and keeping up with inflation, but its the 'demand' that is being manipulated. And I think that's the rise and push down we saw in 2011, the demand.

Great video as usual Mark. Could possibly look at investigate how paper contracts effects the price of silver . It’s silver pricing being suppressed. Many thanks all the best stefan

what gold/silver ratio do you recommend to invest?

Just food for thought: The ratio can come in on the other side too. In other words, gold can come down to help bring the ratio back in line.

Nobody knows exactly where it's going except in my safe.

The content on your video is awesome I love the way you love history is one of my favourite things to collect is silver coins I always think of what them coins have done but I’d love you to have a look at some of the videos that I put on for you to see some of the coins that we have have a good day

hey MARK you are providing such useful information that i was looking for so as thank you i am watching all your ads in video , you helped me i helped you , alright thanks

It's late May 2020 - I'd be curious to hear an updated outlook on silver.

11:05 This caught my attention. You're talking about average of Silver Eagles sold. Well, why didn't you mention that one of the reasons could be that now more than ever, there's hundreds of unique artwork on silver rounds products. (Yes, I know a round isn't a coin). Of course Silver Eagles sales will decrease and will continue to decrease. There's more to choose from now. I understand most people prefer to own gold, but as I said, 11:05 was a red flag to me.

mark, do a topic on the difference between the spot-market end the physical market ....and the premiums on coins thanks

Enjoyed clip, gota new subscriber 👍.im long time coin stacker still learned something tho.

Bro where did you get that tan ? Iam freezing my ass of here in the north east 😂btw I bought some silver the other day,trying to diversify ,hopefully I did the right thing,great explanation

What about the heavy manipulation of derivatives for Metals. Silver will be king again

Very Nice Video Mark. Keep up the good work !!!

Oh boy I don't remember watching this pod cast and yet I gave it a thumbs up?

I am amazed silver is still so cheap? I mean around $17 an ounce is crazy considering ever increasing demand and falling production, surely it's only a matter of time before the silver price goes into lunar orbit??

"Paper Silver" is what has destroyed the gold to silver ratio (this has been done intentionally) .. "Paper Silver" (their fake tool of manipulation) has been shorted so severely there's no way to indefinitely hold off a rebound of the gold to silver ratio back more historical levels .. it's just my opinion but the upside of silver is to huge to be ignored.

Great video I tell all my clients the same thing thank you Mark!

You make some great points based on facts, a nice change from the silver videos based on hype and speculation.

Metals have been heavily manipulated. It’s going to be interest to see what happens when the lid finally comes off.

Silver has more uses like for building solar panels so prices need to stay low like palladium which used to be alot cheaper than platinum, just wait silver prices will rocket in the future.

For Canadian gold and silver buyers, which distributor offers the lowest premium??