Stock price when the opinion was issued
Inflation hedge, but also a great degree of industrial and economic sensitivity. That's what we're seeing in the price in the last few days. When the gold:silver ratio spikes, which it is now, that's a recessionary indicator. Silver is harder right now.
If he's up right now, he's keeping it on a short leash. If he wants to expand his exposure, he wants to see follow through in the markets first. If we are heading into a full-blown recession, silver goes a lot lower.
The outlook for silver is pretty good. Some of the stocks have been good or better performers than the commodity. Any silver stock is good if you have a decent time horizon. He likes junior producers in silver whereas he prefers the larger caps in gold.