Lou Whiteman

Did I mention they're still losing to the market over that time?

They're doing the right thing.

I'm here to praise Mary Bar and Company, not trash them.

As an investor, there's other places I'd rather look.

For one thing, it's important to say, this is a dollar story, not a metal story.

I have heard so many people explain to me that, oh, you don't know all the technology that silver goes into.

That's not what's driving this demand.

This is a weak dollar story.

Explain that.

Basically, what we're seeing is, you're selling the dollar and looking to other places.

There's just an inverse relation here.

We have from the White House that we're not worried about the dollar going down.

There's not the, quote-unquote, risk, if you're a Forex trader, of intervention here, or at least

There's not the perceived risk.

We'll see how true that ends up being.

There's not the natural buffer on this.

It's important to note here, though, Travis, that so many huge, huge pronouncements are being made about this in the

does impact our purchasing power.

It should mean that our exports are more attractive on foreign markets.

However, there are other geopolitical things going on, tariffs, etc., that could work against that.