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Monday, February 23, 2026

🌐 Silver Futures Volatility Spikes Higher Signaling Price Move Ahead - Standby

The silver futures-based volatility measure ‘VXSLV’ is forward looking as it is based on the futures market and not the cash market daily price.

As can be seen below, VXSLV (yellow line) starts to leg-up in advance of large silver price moves - both up and down - that are reflected in the daily volatility measure (blue line).

Today, the VXSLV index snapped higher while the daily price volatility ‘HV’ has yet to respond.

We currently have a global shortage of physical silver bars that has recently driven the cash price above $120 /oz.

🌐 US Treasury Debt-to-GDP Ratio Rises to 122% in Q4, Highest since Covid Spike

US Treasury Debt-to-GDP Ratio Rises to 122% in Q4, Highest since Covid Spike

🌐 US New Home Sales Hit Near-4-Year High in November 2025

U.S. new home sales in the last two months of 2025 delivered a Christmas surprise for the housing market, with November reaching a near four-year high and December close behind.

A Census Bureau report issued on Feb. 20 indicates the November seasonally adjusted new single-family home sales nationwide saw a 15.5 percent increase from the previous month to an annual rate of 758,000 units, marking the highest level since February 2022, when the annual rate reached 788,000 units.

The Census Bureau data released on the same day show that an annual rate of 745,000 new single-family homes were sold in December, just a 1.7 percent decrease from November and firmly above market expectations of 730,000, representing the second-highest level during the period.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/us-new-home-sales-hit-near-4-year-high-in-november-2025-post-5988385