Silver prices are moving fast, but volatility isn’t the real risk. The bigger danger lies in the assumptions investors make about availability, liquidity, and how paper markets behave when delivery starts to matter.
Every financial crisis generally takes place in three steps. And while there aren’t bright, clear lines of separation between them, each one does have unique characteristics that allow us to get a sense of where things stand in the process.
Choosing between the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) and the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) really comes down to how you feel about the current market rotation.
There is something far more basic, and even mathematical, behind the headlines in Venezuela whose roots lie years deeper, and whose ripple effects will run far longer into an admittedly unknowable yet nevertheless somewhat precarious future.
