James Anderson

Gold and silver just lived through another roller-coaster week, with sharp price swings masking what’s really happening underneath the surface. Physical supply continues to tighten globally, while speculative excess gets shaken out in dramatic fashion. Big-picture signals—from exchange inventories to global capital flows—suggest this bullion bull market is far from finished. Watch the full video to see the data, charts, and context that explain why these moves matter and what could come next.

New and even older silver bullion buyers should consider multiple factors deciding what forms of silver bullion to buy.

Here we drill into Silver Coins vs. Silver Bars. What are some of the factors people buy one over the other?

Multivariate and wide-ranging. Reasoning can be simple as the lowest premiums over spot versus subjective decisions of beauty and collectability. 

Come think through some of the reasonings so you are better informed and fully committed for your silver bullion product choices.

January 2026 will be remembered as a shock month for precious metals, delivering silver’s best performance in decades and volatility that caught even veteran market watchers off guard. Silver started the year near $70 on January 1 and surged to an all-time nominal high of $121 on January 29—then everything changed. In less than 30 hours, the market violently reversed, with silver plunging from its peak. By Friday afternoon, January 30, prices bottom just below $75 per ounce, marking one of the most brutal daily corrections in silver’s trading history. Gold and the broader precious-metals complex were swept into the chaos as well, with massive upside and downside moves packed into a single week. Silver surged, then crashed in dramatic fashion—watch the video to understand what unfolded last week behind the price action.

Silver just delivered one of its most volatile weeks on record, surging decisively above $100 per ounce as physical demand overwhelmed paper pricing. The move confirms this rally is being driven by tight supply and real-world buying, not speculative leverage. Gold is right behind it, finishing the week just shy of $5,000 per ounce, underscoring the strength of the broader precious metals bull market. At the same time, a clear divergence is opening between the U.S. and Chinese silver markets, with China showing shrinking inventories and persistently higher premiums. Watch the video to get fully up to speed on the forces driving this historic metals bull run—and why global price discovery is increasingly shifting east.

This past week delivered some of the most volatile price action the precious metals market has seen in years — and the headlines barely scratch the surface. Silver and gold didn’t just move higher; they signaled a major repricing already underway, with parts of the world effectively paying $100 silver today. While Western spot prices lag behind, global physical markets are moving first, revealing where real demand is setting the tone. Add in rising political pressure, tightening inventories, and accelerating industrial use, and the next phase of this bull market is coming into focus fast. To fully grasp what just happened — and what these trends mean going forward — this is a week you absolutely need to watch broken down in the video.