I still cant understand how silver can be mined, refined, transported, shaped and a pretty image stamped on for the price we are able to purchase an ounce and pay the wages of everybody involved and all the energy, utility and insurance costs and god knows what else but at the end of all that process and all the wages have been spent the only thing left is the silver ounce.....which i now own! woohoo.  But yea going to be interesting seeing the energy prices increasing, im fixed in a nice deal with coop till March 2020

Awesome job brother!  The trends tend to show the way and these patterns do line up for the most part.  I think bad fiscal policies by the governments will be a main factor as well as we usually have a downturn  or bubble bursting every ten to fifteen years.  Resteemed and upvoted!  Thanks for sharing!!

Upvoted & Resteeded, as one does.

Is this why I just got a letter saying we're expecting an 13% increase in the unit price of electricity? Even if my provider is still the cheapest locally, I am tempted to switch providers just to send the message that a hike means customers leave. So they can either have slightly less profit off me, or none at all. Their call, in the long run, if enough people abandon ship.

Any advice for someone shopping around residential providers?

Upvoted 100% and Resteemed!

It's too bad that the average consumer can't contract to purchase cheaper gas right now like the big companies can. I wouldn't mind locking in some lower prices. There aren't really options for getting power where I live. It's just one utility company that provides it and the government regulates what the cost is. I'll give you a hint, it's high. 

76 to 80, that's over a 5% increase in just a few days. That's not uncommon in crypto, but for something as basic and fundamental as gas, that's a big swing. 

I'm not able to get the volumes of silver that you are, it's more like a coin here and a coin there, but I'm still stacking and glad I'm doing it. 

Many people will say that we're crazy until everything hits the fan and then they'll be wishing they'd stacked like us.

I need to start paying attention to these sorts of things. Thanks! Upvoted as always.

There do appear to be some things coming on the horizon for several countries and I do not think it will be good. Alongside the price increases, we can see big bank/governments are stockpiling things like silver, so they also must think something is coming. Thanks @britcoin! Upvoted and Resteemed

The not funny thing is that here in Brazil we have the same problems.

We've already been seeing these prices rise to the end consumer. I've been noticing the price of gas at the pump going up. Hasn't been any particular news on why, but it's definitely creeping up. Man, being good at what you do, you could save your clients a LOT of money!