Looking at silver

I'm looking at a chart of the silver ETF LSIL, traded in USD in London, and am tempted to draw a resistance line at USD 44.86, the low on 11 JAN 2011. I see a lot of speculation in this chart since January of this year and who knows, the speculative price rise may have started already in August 2010.

I think I should read up on the industrial use of silver and the supply and demand for it. Unlike gold, silver is not the common man's hedge against inflation. With a world-wide downturn of the economy, could the bullion price fall to below USD 10 again?

Bear flag on OILB

First, the Libya situation drove the price of ETFS Brent Oil (LON:OILB) up, then the prospects of a regime change in Libya sent the price down again and the tsunami in Japan added to this trend with fears of reduced demand in that country, but a week ago it went up again. It is difficult to look for a buy signal for OILB and I wonder how much attention I should give to the bear flag that is forming at the moment.