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Sean Ring: Government-inspired naked shorting of futures holds silver down
By Sean Ring
The Rude Awakening
Paradigm Press, Baltimore
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Why is one of the most useful metals on Earth, and a former pillar of the monetary system, still trading like it's 1999?
You’d think with its essential role in solar panels, electric vehicles, semiconductors, and missile guidance systems, silver would have long ago joined gold in the four-digit club. But here we are: the metal that helped electrify the 20th century is still hanging around the low two-digit club, as if we’re still using Nokia phones instead of iPhones.
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What if I told you silver’s price isn't just a victim of paper market shenanigans but of deliberate suppression by the very same military-industrial complex that President Dwight Eisenhower warned us about? That it's a quiet casualty of America's endless wars and bloated defense budgets.
Let's take the gloves off. Here's what’s really going on with silver. ...
For the remainder of the commentary:
https://rudeawakening.info/posts/eisenhowers-silver-bullet
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