For those investors who have the balls to go against crowdthink when a lot of money is being made – a type of person you don’t find often in finance media, unfortunately – it’s obvious that the fundamental rationality of the way silver prices have behaved in early CY26 is, at best, pretty murky.Listen to the HotCopper podcast for in-depth discussions and insights on all the biggest headlines from throughout the week. On Spotify, Apple, and more.At worst, it’s clearly a hyped-up bandwagon indistinguishable f ...

In this articleZSLSLVIn this photo illustration, silver bars are displayed at Polyak Precious Metals on Jan. 14, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesRetail investors are betting big on major swings in silver.The question is which way the precious metal could go.Individual investors on Monday sent about $171 million on net into the iShares Silver Trust (SLV), a popular exchange-traded fund that tracks the metal, according to market research firm VandaTrack. That marked the larges ...