SLV tracks the spot price of silver bullion on a daily basis and has started to show recent signs of strength despite its multi-year downtrend. TLT will be a key indicator to watch for signals of risk-taking behavior through the remainder of 2014. iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV ) Silver prices have been crushed this year as a rising U.S. dollar and tepid inflationary statistics have pressured commodities. The stock market ran into a rough patch last week as deflating energy prices and weakening junk bonds cast a dark cloud over the major indices.