Observational Notes on Silver Paper Investment Trusts • There are few signs that the physical silver price itself is about to decline. (Industrial demand and physical scarcity remain intact.) • However, there appear to be structural risks in the silver paper market (investment trusts, certificate-based products). • Recently: • A clearly inexperienced retail crowd has begun flowing into silver investment trust forums. • Discussions are heavily focused on price levels and price increases . • There is almost no discussion of delivery conditions, emergency clauses, or redemption terms . → This suggests a growing misconception that paper price = value . • At the same time, there are visible signs that: • More experienced participants, and • People with strong risk-management awareness are quietly taking profits and reducing positions. • This behavior appears less like a bearish view on silver itself , and more like a deliberate move to distance them...

  +AI & Rook In chess, the rook is not the most complex piece. It does not move diagonally, it does not jump, and it does not surprise. Yet in many games, the rook quietly decides the outcome. I believe +AI plays a similar role in today’s world . +AI as a Rook The rook moves in straight lines—horizontally and vertically. Its strength lies not in creativity, but in reach, consistency, and speed . +AI behaves in much the same way. It does not replace human intention or strategy. Instead, it extends them—across space and across time. In practical terms, the effective use of +AI can be summarized into two main forms: • Horizontal expansion • Vertical expansion Horizontal Expansion: Reusing Success Across Markets Horizontal expansion means applying a method that worked in one domain to another domain. In investment terms, this could mean: • Taking a strategy that worked in equities • Testing it in FX, commodities, or other markets With +AI,...

+AI & ROI How +AI Changes the Structure of Demand Discussions around AI often focus on productivity gains or cost reductions. However, a more important and less discussed effect of +AI lies in how it transforms the structure of ROI (Return on Investment) itself. The key insight is simple but powerful: +AI primarily reduces the denominator of ROI — the Investment. This structural shift has consequences far beyond efficiency gains. +AI Shrinks the Investment Side of ROI ROI is defined as: ROI = Return / Investment Most technological progress attempts to increase the Return . +AI, however, does something different: • It dramatically lowers initial costs • It reduces human labor requirements • It eliminates the need for large-scale upfront infrastructure in many domains As a result, projects that previously failed to meet ROI thresholds suddenly become viable. This is not optimization at the margin — it is a redefinition of who can participate . Lower Investment Does Not ...