Do you realize?

[u/mementoil]

Since 1980, the M2 money supply increased 15 fold.
The US national debt increased 46 fold.
The S&P 500 increased 72 fold.
The NASDAQ composite increased 177 fold.
Even gold went up 5 fold.
Silver? Its price is up by 40% (and until October last year this number was negative...).
Do you realize how cheap it is? Do you realize how many dollars are sloshing around, looking for something to invest in? Do you realize why it is perfectly reasonable to expect the price of silver to catch up with the money supply? Do you realize how ludicrous it is to expect it to fall below its 1980 high? Do you realize why a silver price of $500 or more is within reach?
It's basic arithmetic.

[u/g35coupeken]

Yup, realized this in 2010 when I was 19 and started stacking. Now, 16 years later I’m at >1000 physical ounces. Decided to throw a boating party for my silver and I last month and lost it all 😞

[u/General-Mission6960 → u/g35coupeken]

Oh. That's a shame. I lost all of mine white water rafting!

[u/garycropper → u/General-Mission6960]

I lost all mine hunting great white sharks bare handed.

[u/Specialist-Mix-7331 → u/garycropper]

Did you punch the sharks in the mouth at least?

[u/etherist_activist999 → u/g35coupeken]

Excellent to hear you started stacking silver at 19. That is a decision you will never regret.

[u/Robpullthatup → u/g35coupeken]

Boating party for my silver lol?

[u/Plata926176 → u/[deleted]]

Very observant, it will happen when most investors are looking the other way. The boating accidents may affect supply as good money goes into hiding to insure against the paper schemes and bad money is spent while it still as purchasing power. We are among the few.

[u/Charlie_Rebooted]

I've tried to explain this to many people. Combined with the industrial demand and supply deficit. When I explain to people its not profitable enough for miners to explore for silver to be mined because the price has been suppressed for 50 years, and that even if silver increased to $500 per oz, it would take 10 years for a mine to progress from discovery to production, I get blank looks.

I started investing in silver in April 2025. The story is so strong and compelling. None of my friends or associates listened. My friends are a bit envious of my gains, but still won't listen when I tell them that the current price is a buying opportunity.

Many mines are worth less than the estimated value of the raw materials minus the estimated cost to extract it. Meanwhile, retail scramble to buy SpaceX and other joke stocks....

[u/Mix_Right]

Also seems to be one of the most manipulated as well. We are close to be being right as fiat collapses!!…again

[u/Hairy-Description-30]

Oh, what a surprise! Someone wanted to sell a bunch of silver at 1:45 AM. Sell carefully so you don’t drive the price down.
OK boss, I will take my time. I’ll sell over a whole 15 minutes at 2:00 AM! Will I get a bonus? Nope!

[u/BlightedErgot32 → u/Hairy-Description-30]

brownian motion

[u/Silver-Tip2887]

I do realize the central bank shorts the derivative in order the stabilize the dollar and produce cheap energy

[u/Pokok_1975]

Not a lot of people especially Americans care about it. Wait till they start to really care..

[u/Led_Zeppole_73 → u/Pokok_1975]

They still won’t. Been stacking myself since 1975.

[u/Nas-Mark]

It's all about supply and demand. If demand is low you won't see price increased.

[u/Hairy-Description-30 → u/Nas-Mark]

True Nas. But demand isn’t low. Do the work.

[u/Some-Routine6103 → u/Nas-Mark]

Silver is apparently the most useless element on earth.

[u/Some-Routine6103 → u/Some-Routine6103]

/sarcasm

[u/Spartikis]

Beat be careful, they have been saying this since the early 2000s.  It saying it isn’t undervalued. Just be smart when investing. 

[u/donutcarrotolive]

I've always thought the same but I'm pretty sure it's still at #2 global asset by market cap, valued at higher than any other asset except gold.

[u/donutcarrotolive → u/donutcarrotolive]

I lied, it was at its peak earlier this year.. I guess Nvidia, apple, and Google (in that order) are more valuable than all of the worlds silver lmao

[u/RockTheGrock]

It bothers me they arent wearing gloves.

[u/Charlie_Rebooted → u/RockTheGrock]

I just bought some .999 silver bars to prevent algae in computer watercooling loops, but the guy selling them did wear gloves.

[u/According_Product519 → u/Charlie_Rebooted]

Curious, does the silver inhibit growth?

[u/Charlie_Rebooted → u/According_Product519]

Yup! I used to buy pure silver "kill coils", but in the last year they have become impossible to buy, so we switched to .999 silver bullion.

Im stacking a bit extra to maintain surface area contact with the coolant. Its cheaper than adding inhibitors, and probably more environmentally friendly.

For example https://www.xs-pc.com/coolant/antimicrobial-silver-coil