Stedlar said:
And back up again. USD34.22 AUD31.96
Are people still looking at $26 any time soon, is the worry now that the train leaving.
The problem is that many chart observers were predicting further falls but they fail in one main assumption.
The price of silver is not driven by chart movements.
What boosted silver out of the late 20s was the US Central Bank announcement that the ZIRP was here to stay.
In addition, in December, the regular mob of bullish pundits (think King World News) were predicting that:
1) The Fed would allude to QE3 in January
2) QE3 announced in March
If we take the first prediction as coming true (and it probably wasn't that hard to make it), then we may well have a QE related announcement in March.
If that happens, kiss the 20s goodbye for a long time, because we'll be looking at 40 again.
But having said that, I'm not convinced we're going to the moon.
there are two things that will take us back down below 30:
1) An organised takeout
2) The stock market collapsing like in 2008
Both are possible and I consider option 2 a very likely possibility this year, given how unstable the world really is financially.