Cooper also supports this with the idea that investors are always looking at upside potential and downside risk when making investment decisions. So if you are optimistic about the outlook for precious metals – and with all the central banks of the world printing excess capital this is a logical conclusion – then does gold or silver have the most upside? Clearly, it’s silver. [Gold, Silver ETFs Rise on Monetary Easing Speculation]
“Investment demand for precious metals will take over in any case from industrial demand. And once the gold price heads up then silver will follow. You get 50 times more silver for your money than gold,” Cooper wrote. [Gold, Silver ETFs in Negative Territory for 2012]
Jim Rogers notes that silver’s volatility makes it the perfect precious metal for Fall, once the widely expected Fed decision to implement a Quantitative Easing 3 is announced. [Silver ETF Rally Faces Key Test]
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Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.
Full disclosure: Tom Lydon’s clients own SLV.