The market dynamics for silver -- and this silver ETF -- could still be favorable. What goes up can come down. We saw that axiom play out in a big way last week. Shares of the iShares Silver Trust (SLV 3.98%) exchange-traded fund (ETF) had skyrocketed 277% higher over the previous 12 months as of Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Then the bottom fell out. This high-flying ETF plunged nearly 30% on Friday, ...
The market dynamics for silver -- and this silver ETF -- could still be favorable. What goes up can come down. We saw that axiom play out in a big way last week. Shares of the iShares Silver Trust (SLV 3.98%) exchange-traded fund (ETF) had skyrocketed 277% higher over the previous 12 months as of Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Then the bottom fell out. This high-flying ETF plunged nearly 30% on Friday, the last trading day of January. However, the opposite of the aforementioned adage is also true: What comes down can go back up. Should you buy the iShares Silver Trust ETF after its steep sell-off? Expand NYSEMKT : SLV iShares Silver Trust Today's Change ( -3.98 %) $ -3.00 Current Price $ 72.44 Key Data Points Day's Range $ 68.26 - $ 74.92 52wk Range $ 26.57 - $ 109.83 Volume 793K Behind silver's plunge The iShares Silver Trust provides retail investors with an easy way to gain access to physical silver. This ETF tracks the daily price fluctuations in silver. As silver prices soared in recent months, so did the iShares Silver Trust's share price. However, some argued that silver's momentum (and, by extension, that of the iShares Silver Trust) had gone too far. For example, JP Morgan (JPM +0.74%) analysts wrote shortly before last week's meltdown that silver futures were heavily overbought. Maximilian Tomei with Galena Asset Management recently warned, "The way silver is behaving is exaggerated. It's a series of disconnects. The market is broken." Indeed, investors who use technical analysis could have easily identified that both silver prices and the iShares Silver Trust showed signs of a classic "blow-off top" -- a pattern in which prices rise parabolically but then collapse. Before last week's plunge, the iShares Silver Trust was more than 100% above its 200-day moving average, a signal often associated with a blow-off top. But another factor also contributed to the significant decline. President Trump announced on Friday that he was nominating Kevin Warsh to replace Jer...
herstockart UBS SDIC Fund Management Co. is said to have changed the valuation model for a $2.2 billion silver fund to more closely track global futures prices, triggering a record decline in its net asset value and pushback from some investors already bruised by a precious metals slump. The UBS SDIC Silver Futures Fund LOF will be valued based on prices in silver futures on major global markets i...
herstockart UBS SDIC Fund Management Co. is said to have changed the valuation model for a $2.2 billion silver fund to more closely track global futures prices, triggering a record decline in its net asset value and pushback from some investors already bruised by a precious metals slump. The UBS SDIC Silver Futures Fund LOF will be valued based on prices in silver futures on major global markets instead of those listed at the Shanghai Futures Exchange, Bloomberg reported, citing statements from UBS SDIC. The change, which came into effect on Monday, led to a record 31.5% drop in the product’s net asset value. Most-active Comex silver ( XAGUSD:CUR ) was up 10% on Tuesday at $87.39/oz at press time. Silver and Silver Mining ETFs: ( SLV ), ( SIVR ), ( AGQ ), ( ZSL ), ( PSLV ), ( SIL ), ( SILJ ), and ( SLVP ). More on iShares Silver Trust ETF, ProShares Ultra Silver ETF, etc. Silver: The Dollar Debasement Rally Is Over, Now What? Commodities: Markets Stabilize After Heavy Sell-Off CDT Insider Sentiment January 2026: The Gold Rally And CDT Options Trading 101 Gold's longer-term investment case intact despite pullback, J.P. Morgan says with view to $6,300 Investors should expect 8-9 more weeks of corrective action in gold and silver prices – analyst
Britons started 2026 by buying more healthy food such as fruit and yoghurt as they attempted to hit new year health goals, while grocery price inflation eased to the lowest level since April, research has shown. Annual grocery inflation fell back to 4% in the four weeks to 25 January from 4.7% in December, offering some relief for shoppers, according to a monthly snapshot of the grocery sector fro...
Britons started 2026 by buying more healthy food such as fruit and yoghurt as they attempted to hit new year health goals, while grocery price inflation eased to the lowest level since April, research has shown. Annual grocery inflation fell back to 4% in the four weeks to 25 January from 4.7% in December, offering some relief for shoppers, according to a monthly snapshot of the grocery sector from the research company Worldpanel by Numerator. Consumers turned to healthy eating, it said, with sales volumes of fresh fruit and dried pulses up 6% year on year, while fresh fish was up 5%, poultry 3% and chilled yoghurt 4%. Cottage cheese sales jumped by 50% and it was bought by 2.8 million households, 600,000 more than last year. Nearly a quarter of shoppers sought out high-protein foods and more than a quarter looked for high-fibre products. Fraser McKevitt, the Worldpanel head of retail and consumer insight, said: “Shoppers are actively seeking out foods that support their health goals, with strong demand for staples high in nutrients like protein and fibre. “While interest in seasonal diet-focused trends like Veganuary on the decline, shoppers are taking a more practical, balanced and achievable approach to healthy eating, built around foods already familiar to most households.” Waitrose reported on Monday that Dry January was not so dry after all. “Move over Blue Monday, it’s all about ‘Damp Monday’,” said the upmarket grocer. This year, the January slump in alcohol sales ended early on 12 January, when shoppers started adding more wines, beers and spirits back into their baskets, with sales up 11% compared with the week before. As many shoppers cut back after record spending on groceries in December, in January they usually spend more on supermarkets’ own-label items, which tend to be cheaper than branded goods. This year, own-label accounted for 52.2% of grocery spending – the highest level recorded to date. “For most shoppers, January is all about resetting house...
Two men are set to be charged with murder in Malaysia following the discovery of the charred skeletal remains of six people – including three young children – in a remote, abandoned house in Johor state. Johor police chief Ab Rahaman Arsad confirmed on Tuesday that the grisly findings were made on January 9 in Kangkar Pulai. The remains were discovered by a 48-year-old local man who had been searc...
Two men are set to be charged with murder in Malaysia following the discovery of the charred skeletal remains of six people – including three young children – in a remote, abandoned house in Johor state. Johor police chief Ab Rahaman Arsad confirmed on Tuesday that the grisly findings were made on January 9 in Kangkar Pulai. The remains were discovered by a 48-year-old local man who had been searching for his family after losing contact with them three months prior. “The man claimed that his wife and children had been staying at the house after they separated,” he said during a press conference at the Johor police headquarters on Tuesday. Advertisement The victims were found in a dilapidated structure located within an oil palm plantation, about 2km (1.2 miles) from the main road. The house had no water or electricity supply. Postmortem examinations identified the victims as two adults, aged 29 and 35, a 17-year-old teenager, and three children aged two, five, and nine. Police noted that the minors – one boy and three girls – had no school records. Advertisement Following the discovery, police arrested four individuals – three men and a woman aged between 19 and 35 – during raids around Iskandar Puteri on January 21.
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. said its second-half profit likely jumped by about 400% from a year earlier because of the rally in metals. A “significant appreciation” in the average price received for the firm’s products is behind the better performance, the Johannesburg-listed miner of platinum group metals said Tuesday in a trading statement . Earnings are expected to be between 9.1 billion rand...
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. said its second-half profit likely jumped by about 400% from a year earlier because of the rally in metals. A “significant appreciation” in the average price received for the firm’s products is behind the better performance, the Johannesburg-listed miner of platinum group metals said Tuesday in a trading statement . Earnings are expected to be between 9.1 billion rand ($774 million) and 9.45 billion rand. Implats, as the company is known, and its South African peers will soon announce results for last year. Platinum almost doubled in the six months through December, while palladium rose about 66%. Both metals continued to climb in 2026 until paring most of this year’s gains last week in a broader slump for precious metals. Valterra Platinum Ltd. – which until recently was a subsidiary of Anglo American Plc – said in January it expects the firm’s profit last year increased by as much as 125% to 15.9 billion rand. Read: Valterra Expects Double Profit in 2025 on Metals Price Rally (1) The biggest source of demand for platinum and palladium — the two main PGMs — is in devices that lower harmful emissions from gasoline and diesel vehicles. Producers are focused on finding alternative sources of demand to offset the growing market share of electric vehicles, which do not use the metals. South Africa is by far the world’s largest supplier of platinum.