Silver offers the big dilemma among the major precious metals. Gold has been strong over the past month or so, seemingly now consolidating above the US$1,500 level, while platinum and palladium are behaving largely on basic industrial supply/demand fundamentals. But silver, which is, in effect, some kind of hybrid monetary/industrial metal, has performed relatively poorly – at least as far as the out and out silver bulls are concerned. But could this all be about to change with the silver bulls getting their day in the sun? True, the gold:silver ratio (GSR) has come down from its peaks signifying a better percentage ... (full story)