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.
A bullion buyer years before the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, James Anderson is a grounded precious metals researcher, content creator, and physical investment grade bullion professional. He has authored several Gold & Silver Guides and has been featured on the History Channel, Zero Hedge, Gold-Eagle, Silver Seek, Value Walk and many more. You can pick up Jame's most recent, comprehensive 200+ Page book here at SD Bullion.
Given that repressed commodity values are now near 100-year low level valuations versus large US stocks, James remains convinced investors and savers should buy and maintain a prudent physical bullion position now, before more unfunded promises debase away in the coming decades.
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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.
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Silver had a busy week — and the signals are getting harder to ignore. From record-breaking crowds at the FUN Coin Show in Florida to silver bullion selling out in minutes across Japan and months-long waitlists in Singapore, physical demand is tightening worldwide. At the same time, China’s growing grip on global silver refining and new export controls are quietly reshaping supply chains that industries can’t function without. Premiums in Asia and shrinking inventories in the West suggest this isn’t just a paper-market move, but a real-world squeeze forming across hemispheres. Watch to see how these forces are converging — and why silver’s role as a strategic metal may be entering a new chapter.
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This past week in silver was anything but boring, and it all started with a bang. The spot silver price ripped higher in Asian trading, surging nearly $84 an ounce to a new nominal high before most investors had their morning coffee. What followed was a violent, whipsaw sell off, with sharp up and down moves that shook out anyone unprepared for real volatility. By the end of the week, silver settled at $72.86 an ounce, but the story behind those moves matters far more than the closing price. If you want to understand what really happened, why it matters, and what it could signal next, this is a week you do not want to miss, watch the full video.
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Silver just blasted to a new all-time high weekly close above $79 per oz, while gold quietly set its own record above $4,500 per oz, all during what should have been a sleepy holiday week. The real story is coming out of China, where silver prices on the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) and the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) surged far above Western spot levels, signaling real physical tightness and rising demand. This wasn't paper trading noise — shrinking inventories, rising Eastern premiums, and collapsing ratios suggest silver is finally stretching its legs. Gold making new highs while silver accelerates faster is a rare and powerful setup precious-metals watchers love to see. Watch the video for a friendly, plain-English recap of everything that moved gold and silver over the past week and why it matters heading into 2026.
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Read more »Gold bars weights are highly variant, and often they are not even homogenous nor fully fungible.
In other words, often enormous gold bar weights are not exact. They, therefore, cannot be traded without adequate record-keeping, weighing, and assaying.
Here we examine the changing gold bar weight standards from 'Gold Standard' eras bygone. To now smaller gold bar weights the eastern world has been demanding more of in this 21st Century gold bullion bull market.
See the varying sizes of gold bar weights available in the physical gold bullion market and learn to which country most are getting saved by.
