The Historic Dow Jones-Silver Ratio Points To $300 Silver

by Steve St. Angelo
SRSRocco Report

That’s correct. Going by the historic Dow Jones-Silver ratio, it points to $300 silver. This may seem outlandish or a play on hype, but it isn’t. While many precious metals analysts have forecasted high three-digit silver prices, I didn’t pay much attention to them. However, after I looked over all the data, $300 silver is not a crazy figure at all.

Let me explain. The U.S. economy suffered a fatal blow in the 1970’s as its domestic oil production peaked and inflation soared. To protect against the ravages of inflation, investors moved into gold and silver in a big way. Yes, it’s true that the Hunt’s bought a lot of silver during the 1970’s, but who was buying gold to push its price to $850 in 1980 versus $35 in 1970. Furthermore, who was buying all the oil to push its price up to $36 in 1980 from $1.80 in 1970??

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