The Global Economic Factors and Investor Confidence
The global economic conditions we are experiencing today are having a significant impact on investor confidence. Poor economic growth and desperate economic policy to counter this i.e. mass money printing, are causing increasing debt that is becoming increasingly difficult to pay off. The result of this will lead to currency debasement through inflation that will only make things worse. By understanding the factors that affect investor confidence, we can see where the silver spot price is heading.
Some of the key global economic concerns affecting investor confidence are:
- The diminishing confidence and investment in the US dollar
- Huge US debt concerns that now equals the annual GDP of the country
- Slow US economic performance despite the huge money printing activities by the Federal Reserve in an attempt to stimulate the economy
- Euro currency crisis with debt default concerns and the potential for a complete currency crash
The Effect on the Silver Spot Price
As investor confidence in the share market falls amid concerns of a crash or ongoing losses, investors must find another investment vehicle to protect and ideally grow their wealth. Throughout history it has been the precious metals including silver that have performed this function. These metals have an intrinsic value that cannot be taken away like the value of a piece of paper can. The silver price in particular has seen substantial growth in the past 12 months and this is a trend that it likely to continue with the volatility in the global economy and the impact on traditional investment sources like the share market.
How to Protect and Grow Your Wealth
It is the savvy investors, large portfolio managers and even governments who will be the first to move to precious metals and this is something that is clearly happening already, evidenced by the silver spot price continuing to increase. This activity will continue to provide a sustained price increase in the months to follow.
In the event of a major global financial catastrophe that many see as imminent, the demand for silver will increase rapidly, driving up the price of silver in a very short amount of time. Once this becomes publicized in the media, the general population becomes more aware of the power of 
silver to protect their wealth and there will be a rush to the metal. For the panic investors who finally realise what is about to happen to any wealth they possess, they will become aware of silver as an investment far too late and the price will have already blown out.
How will you be positioned when the rush on silver begins? Will you get in late and miss out on the profit or will you protect you and your family and buy silver now?
