A warm welcome back from holidays from the team at Guardian Vaults to all of our valued clients! We have already seen some big moves in financial markets to start the new year, as the Federal Reserve turns as hawkish as ever. Tech stocks took a big hit overnight in the US with Cathie Woods Ark Invest ETF dropping -7% in a day. Interesting to see gold shrug off the latest FOMC minutes which talked of US Quantitative Easing ending…

The silver price has upset a few bulls of late, after retreating from a high of USD $25.00 per ounce in November down to a wash-out low of $21.40. But there are some positive indications from the recent price action, hinting that a significant low has now been formed. From a technical perspective, it was very important for the price to hold this key $21.40 level as it coincides with the recent lows all the way back to the major…