Why has silver jumped to its highest price in eight years. What you need to know to invest in silver. Topics covered include: What drove the huge spike in silver purchasesHow silver differs from meme stocksHow hedge funds are positioned with regard to silverWhat are three ways to invest in silverWhat is the annual demand and supply for silverWhat are the reasons to own silverHow good has silver been as an inflation hedgeWhat is the gold-silver ratio and how to use itWhat happened when the Hunt brothers tried to corner the silver marketWhat evidence is there that the silver market is manipulated Thanks to Mint Mobile for sponsoring the episode. For more information on this episode click here. Show Notes Silver Prices Surge to Eight-Year High Amid Reddit-Fueled Frenzy by Eddie Spence, Jake Lloyd-Smith, and Yvonne Yue Li—Bloomberg r/wallstreetbets Silver price retreats rapidly in blow to new retail buyers by Henry Sanderson and Neil Hume ‘What’d You Miss?’ Full Show (02/01/2021)—Bloomberg Silver Price Chart—BullionVault Silver Supply and Demand—The Silver Institute Understanding Futures Expiration & Contract Roll—CME Group Silver $50: Three Years After the “Shortage” by Miguel Perez-Santalla—BullionVault JPMorgan Admits Spoofing by 15 Traders, Two Desks in Record Deal by Tom Schoenberg and Matt Robinson—Bloomberg CME Hikes Silver Margins After Prices Surge to Eight-Year High by Yvonne Yue Li See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Most global stock ETFs, funds and indices have only about 5% invested in China even though China has the second-largest economy in the world. What are the pros and cons of increasing your allocation to Chinese stocks. Topics covered include: Why has China's economy rebounded faster than other countriesWhat are Chinese A-share stocksHow large are China's economy and stock marketWhat are four threats that could derail the performance of Chinese stocksHow individuals can invest in China's stock market including A-shares Thanks to SmartAsset for sponsoring the episode. For more information on this episode click here. Show Notes Chinese shares: should you increase the amount in your portfolio? by Sam Dickens—IG Group China A-Shares Definition by Troy Segal—Investopedia China’s Economy Powers Ahead While the Rest of the World Reels by Stella Yifan Xie, Eun-Young Jeong and Mike Cherney—The Wall Street Journal China Still Grew and Fueled Its Rise as Covid-19 Shook the Global Economy by Jonathan Cheng—The Wall Street Journal With Americans Stuck at Home, Trade With China Roars Back by Ana Swanson—The New York Times Buffett Indicator: China Stock Market Valuations and Expected Future Returns—GuruFocus.com MSCI Deletions Trigger Rush to Sell Chinese Telecom Stocks by Jeanny Yu and Sofia Horta e Costa Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies—The White House Non-SDN Communist Chinese Military Companies List as of January 08, 2021—U.S. Department of the Treasury MSCI ACWI Index (USD) December 31, 2020—MSCI How China Lost Patience With Jack Ma, Its Loudest Billionaire by Lulu Yilun Chen and Coco Liu—Bloomberg China Clampdown on Big Tech Puts More Billionaires on Notice by Zheping Huang and Coco Liu—Bloomberg China’s College Graduates Can’t Find Jobs. The Solution: Grad School. by Vivian Wang See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.