Global Silver Shortage: Why the Physical Price Is Breaking Away From Paper

Few times in history has the silver market looked like this. In the latest episode of The GoldSilver Show, Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard unpack an extraordinary squeeze that’s pushing the physical and paper markets in completely different directions — and it’s happening fast. Lease Rates Explode: A Market Under Stress Silver lease rates — the cost of borrowing silver for short trades — have rocketed to over 33%, a level almost never seen. Under normal conditions, those rates hover near zero. A 33% spike signals something deeper: a market starved of liquidity. For short sellers, this is a nightmare. […]
Silver Squeeze Incoming? Fact-Checking the Viral Claims Rocking the Market

Is the silver market on the brink of a massive squeeze? That’s the question rattling around investing circles after a viral Twitter thread — highlighted in Mike Maloney’s recent video — claimed that silver deliveries are exploding, LBMA reserves are scraping the bottom, lease rates are spiking, and premiums in China are going wild. In his latest deep dive, Alan Hibbard from GoldSilver separates hype from reality — fact-checking each claim with hard data from COMEX, LBMA, and Bloomberg. While some numbers don’t hold up, the overall picture still points to one thing: silver’s fundamentals are the tightest they’ve been […]
