March 9, 2026
Where Silver Comes From: Neutron Stars to Your Stack
The complete journey of silver — from cosmic nucleosynthesis to refined metal. How an element forged in dying stars ends up in your hand.
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In-depth writing on silver markets, monetary history, and the mechanics of stacking.
March 4, 2026
Six Years of Deficit: The Supply Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
The silver market has run a structural supply deficit since 2021. More than 820 million ounces of shortfall, draining inventories, and no fix in sight. Here's what the data actually says.
March 3, 2026
The Stacker's Tax Guide
Capital gains rates, cost basis tracking, reporting thresholds, state sales tax, IRA rules, and inheritance — a plain-English guide to the tax side of silver.
March 1, 2026
Premiums Over Spot, Explained
What premiums are, what drives them, why they spike, and how to navigate them — a guide to the gap between the spot price and what you actually pay.
February 28, 2026
The Silver Screen Was Not a Metaphor
Photography and cinema are silver technologies. When digital arrived, it quietly destroyed one of history's largest industrial silver markets — and almost no one noticed.
February 26, 2026
How Money Actually Works
Money isn't what most people think it is. How it's created, who benefits first, what the Fed actually does, and why a 150-year-old school of economics saw most of this coming.
February 23, 2026
Best Silver Coins for Stackers: A Head-to-Head Comparison
American Eagles, Canadian Maples, British Britannias, Austrian Philharmonics, and more — compared on purity, premiums, liquidity, security features, and IRA eligibility.
February 12, 2026
Silver and the Occult: Historical Belief vs. Modern Myth
Silver bullets, alchemical symbols, and lunar mythology — how silver became the most symbolically charged metal in Western occult tradition.
February 5, 2026
Antimicrobial Power: Ancient Knowledge, Modern Science
Silver kills bacteria, fungi, and viruses on contact. The science behind silver's antimicrobial power and its growing medical applications.
January 22, 2026
The Shanghai Silver Market: China's Role in Global Price Discovery
China is the world's largest silver consumer with its own parallel market. How the Shanghai Gold Exchange works and why Western investors should care.
January 15, 2026
The Chip Economy: A Hidden Demand Story
Every chip in every phone, car, and data center uses silver. How the AI boom and advanced packaging are creating structural demand.
January 8, 2026
The Energy Transition
Solar panels, EVs, and grid infrastructure all require silver. How the energy transition is reshaping silver demand — and where the limits are.
December 28, 2025
Silver Mining Stocks: How They Work and What You're Actually Buying
Mining stocks offer leveraged exposure to silver prices — but they're operating businesses with their own risks. Here's how to think about them before you buy.
December 10, 2025
ETFs vs. Physical: What You're Actually Buying
ETFs are convenient. Physical silver is tangible. A clear-eyed comparison of counterparty risk, storage, taxes, and when each makes sense.
November 5, 2025
How the Silver Market Actually Works
Futures markets, the LBMA fix, and a physical market where you never pay spot. A plain-English guide to how silver is actually priced and traded.
October 22, 2025
Silver as Money: A 4,000-Year Timeline
From ancient Mesopotamia to the Crime of 1873 to Nixon closing the gold window — 4,000 years of silver as money, condensed into one timeline.
October 3, 2025
What Is Silver? Money, Metal, and Commodity
Silver is the world's most industrially useful metal and one of its oldest monetary instruments. Understanding both roles is the starting point.
September 15, 2025
The Case for Silver
Constrained supply, accelerating demand, and 4,000 years of monetary history. An honest assessment of the silver bull case — and the risks.