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25. I saw that this morning. I have a little horde of silver bits and pieces I've been saving to cash in and it looks like

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Sun Dec 28, 2025, 04:17 PM

Dec 2025

now might be a good time. Sadly, I cashed in the gold stash during a previous high. If anyone wonders, it's stuff I picked up at yard sales and found in a recycling shed at the town dump so it's not like I have a pile of Tiffany jewelry laying around the house.

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SOMETHING is going on in the market. Re: precious metals. [View all] LuckyCharms Dec 2025 OP

I noticed this as well. Those of us below the top 1% are just held captive to the PTB forces... hlthe2b Dec 2025 #1

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"hard crash"..... anciano Dec 2025 #8

Sell some...nobody has ever lost money taking profit😁 Melon Dec 2025 #14

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Thinking the U.S. dollar is losing value... Dan Dec 2025 #2

Yes. LuckyCharms Dec 2025 #4

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Likely trying to deflate dollar value to help exports Melon Dec 2025 #62

Not impossible. DFW Dec 29 #66

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Relative to what? Bluetus Dec 2025 #41

It's global data centers and electronics. Silver is a long time artificially suppressed price market Melon Dec 2025 #5

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Yes! I keep catching hints of this... LuckyCharms Dec 2025 #20

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True... LuckyCharms Dec 2025 #23

For those considering selling their gold: ret5hd Dec 2025 #22

++++++++ Exactly right. LuckyCharms Dec 2025 #24

I saw that this morning. I have a little horde of silver bits and pieces I've been saving to cash in and it looks like Vinca Dec 2025 #25

"Perceived" is the key word. marble falls Dec 2025 #26

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I'm looking for real estate market to break. multigraincracker Dec 2025 #32

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Same here. More worried about the stock market. multigraincracker Dec 2025 #50

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Why is bitcoin dropping while silver is climbing? flamingdem Dec 2025 #37

People could be cashing out some of their cryptocurrency Mosby Dec 2025 #44

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Because ruthless hedge funds use bitcoin like a plaything to meet margin collateral requirements. LuckyCharms Dec 2025 #61

That's super interesting flamingdem Dec 30 #76

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It's over 83 now. Mosby Dec 2025 #54

It is nuts!!! LuckyCharms Dec 2025 #59

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It's supply and demand. AI and electronics are causing more demand than world supply. Melon Dec 29 #65

In the Mexican state of Guerrero DFW Dec 29 #69

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Thanks DFW...biggest one day percentage drop I've seen in awhile. LuckyCharms Dec 29 #72

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I wish this was me. Mosby Dec 29 #73

$81.16 Mosby Jan 6 #77

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Greenland. kentuck Jan 12 #80

93.50/oz. Mosby Jan 14 #81

Going to breach $100 in the next few days? LuckyCharms Jan 14 #82

It's starting to seem inevitable. Mosby Jan 14 #84

Today was the day. It's $100.56 oz right now. Mosby Jan 23 #85

Trump's plan is to devalue the dollar via FED policy JCMach1 Jan 14 #83

As of today, $5000/oz gold, $100/oz silver. Mosby Jan 23 #86

Yup! LuckyCharms Jan 23 #87

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