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There were plenty of silver linings this week. Silver moved close to the 1980 and the key barrier of $50 and gold is moving to new highs at the moment of writing these words. In this essay we examine these important events directly and from the euro perspective.

The Silver:Gold ratio has reached a major target level, which has important implications for Silver and Gold Investors.

Gold and especially silver certainly shone this week – the latter even moved relative close to its 1980 high! Consequently, it will be particularly interesting to see what they do next. Since we live in a globalized world, it is often the case that markets influence each other. In this essay we’re going to focus on currencies and how two of them can affect the precious metals market.

This week’s free essay includes only 2 charts however they both have important implications for Gold and Silver Investors from both short- and long-term point of view.

To a reasonable extent gold & silver have been moving on their own, but remain at least somewhat correlated with the currency markets. Consequently, while considering the short-term moves, the direction taken by currencies should not be ignored.