Jim Chen — Research

Probability-weighted research on silver and gold pricing through 2026, plus a 10-year investment thesis on Guanghai Bay waterfront property. Built and maintained by Jim Chen.

Research Projects
SILVER · V8.1a Current
April 14, 2026 · Day 46 Iran War
PPI Hot at 4.0% · Silver $79 COMEX · 100 oz Milestone Cleared
March PPI prints +4.0% YoY (highest since Feb 2023), core +3.6% YoY. Silver breaks 50-day SMA at $79.21. Second-round Islamabad talks being organized. Scenario weights shift toward stagflation base case (33%) and elongated war (36%).
GUANGHAI BAY THESIS Investment Thesis
April 26, 2026 · 10-Year Horizon
A Tier-4 Address With Tier-2 Catalysts Pointed At It
Two waterfront units in Guanghai, Taishan ($150K cost basis, ~560 m²) inside a provincially-designated GBA economic zone. Three cross-sea bridges now operational, ¥330B+ in signed industrial capital, deep-water port Phase II completing 2026. Bull/Base/Bear scenarios projected $395K–$900K by 2036.
About This Work

This site collects two threads of research that share a common method: build a probability-weighted framework, source every claim, and stress-test the thesis rather than confirm it.

The silver and gold framework began as a personal research project asking how an unleveraged physical silver holder should think about position sizing under simultaneous oil shocks, rate-cut reversals, central bank gold rotation, and chokepoint crises. What started as a V1 note became a 13-layer model spanning supply/deficit fundamentals, inflation dynamics, petrodollar erosion, geopolitical chokepoints, banking fragility, debt refinancing cliffs, and eurodollar dollar-shortage mechanics.

The Guanghai Bay thesis applies the same probability-weighted approach to a different question: what happens when a low-cost-basis waterfront position sits inside one of just a handful of locations explicitly named in China's 2019 Greater Bay Area development plan, as three cross-sea bridges, ¥330B in industrial capital, and a deep-water port converge in real time?

Both are updated continuously as new data arrives — PPI/CPI prints, FOMC decisions, signed capital announcements, infrastructure milestones, and government work reports.

Important: These are research projects, not financial advice. The author is not a licensed financial advisor. Nothing on this site constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. Always do your own research and consult a qualified professional before making investment decisions. The author holds positions in physical silver and the Guanghai Bay properties discussed; both frameworks attempt to stress-test those biases rather than justify them.