The Bull vs. Bear Case for Silver and Gold

A booming U.S. stock market. While the major U.S. stock indexes have turned choppy and sideways recently, they are still not that far below their recent record highs. A bullish U.S. stock market is bearish for metals, from a competing asset class perspective.The Federal Reserve may not be able to lean as easy on U.S. monetary policy as many doves hope. A stronger U.S. GDP reading on Tuesday and persistently elevated U.S. inflation levels may keep the Fed’s hands tied on further reducing U.S. interest rates ...