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I this thread last year about buying gold. Buying gold is not a bad move but buying it blindly it's the amateur move. What math nerds do is watch the Gold Silver Ratio. This has been making rounds lately because of a recent crash which I will get into.
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Most amateur investors think of silver as just inferior gold. They see gold trading at insane record highs, realize they can't afford it and drop their cash into silver thinking theyโre getting a bargain but they are completely different instruments. Silver is an industrial metal
If you want to know which metal is the smarter buy you don't look at the USD price. You look at the Gold-Silver Ratio (GSR) or the mint ratito.
Gold is the ultimate stable safe haven like I said in the thread. That never changed it doesn't react to industrial supply chains. Silver is what is called a high-beta asset.
Because the silver market is significantly smaller when money floods into precious metals, silver doesn't just go up it explodes. In bull markets silver outperforms gold every single time but it's volatile.
Like we saw a mass liquidation event last week in mid May where spot silver wiped out a massive chunk crashing over 6-7% in a single session so it isn't a safe hedge like gold but it multiples exponentially
goldsilver.com
The mint ratio for most of history, the ratio sat around 15:1 to 16:1 because thatโs how they come out of the earth but after 2000s the average normalized baseline shifted to 60:1 or 70:1.
When the ratio stretches way above the baseline like when it peaked at 125:1 during the 2020 crash, or started 2026 at an absurd 107:1, it means silver is mathematically dirt cheap compared to gold. We actually saw this very recently. the ratio collapsed all the way down below 55:1 because silver went on an absolute tear, outperforming gold's percentage gains.
Don't be sheep just buying whatever CNBCtells you to. Make the educated choice based on your risk appetite and goals
Why gold is important to have explained by yours truly
Since you niggas like my stock market analysis threads so much let's make another one that is a fairly obvious but important phenomenon that is happening rn which makes for a good case study. Everyone rn is hoarding on gold. Gold went up by 50% this year...
looksmax.org
Most amateur investors think of silver as just inferior gold. They see gold trading at insane record highs, realize they can't afford it and drop their cash into silver thinking theyโre getting a bargain but they are completely different instruments. Silver is an industrial metal
If you want to know which metal is the smarter buy you don't look at the USD price. You look at the Gold-Silver Ratio (GSR) or the mint ratito.
Gold is the ultimate stable safe haven like I said in the thread. That never changed it doesn't react to industrial supply chains. Silver is what is called a high-beta asset.
Because the silver market is significantly smaller when money floods into precious metals, silver doesn't just go up it explodes. In bull markets silver outperforms gold every single time but it's volatile.
Like we saw a mass liquidation event last week in mid May where spot silver wiped out a massive chunk crashing over 6-7% in a single session so it isn't a safe hedge like gold but it multiples exponentially
Silver Price Outlook May 2026: Stop Chasing the Number
Silver Price Outlook May 2026: Stop Chasing the Number - Articles
goldsilver.com
The mint ratio for most of history, the ratio sat around 15:1 to 16:1 because thatโs how they come out of the earth but after 2000s the average normalized baseline shifted to 60:1 or 70:1.
When the ratio stretches way above the baseline like when it peaked at 125:1 during the 2020 crash, or started 2026 at an absurd 107:1, it means silver is mathematically dirt cheap compared to gold. We actually saw this very recently. the ratio collapsed all the way down below 55:1 because silver went on an absolute tear, outperforming gold's percentage gains.
Don't be sheep just buying whatever CNBCtells you to. Make the educated choice based on your risk appetite and goals
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