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Silver Commentaries

Silver ETF SLV admits trouble sourcing metal and vulnerability to 'dramatic' short squeeze

February 15, 2021
By Chris Powell, GATA

The silver exchange-traded fund SLV appears to have just amended its prospectus to acknowledge difficulty in sourcing metal for the fund.

#Silversqueeze​ Expert Panel: Chris Marcus, Andy Schectman, Robert Kientz, Patrick Vierra, +more

February 13, 2021
By Chris Marcus, Arcadia Economics

An all-star list of reporters in the metals space joins us to discuss the unprecedented #SilverSqueeze​.

Goldman’s Jeff Currie On SLV: Either Ignorance Or Willfully Mendacious

February 13, 2021
By Dave Kranzler, Mining Stock Journal

SLV is specifically forbidden from transacting in futures. Regardless, there would never be any reason for SLV to sell futures as a hedge.  SLV is not hedge fund.  It’s an ETF that enables investors to index the price action of silver.

Dear Elon Musk, Buy Physical Gold and Silver Now, not Paper ETFs

February 12, 2021
By Jeff Clark, GoldSilver.com

The following is an open letter to Elon Musk, in response to Tesla’s recent 10-k filing that stated in addition to buying bitcoin it also “… may invest a portion of such cash in certain alternative reserve assets including… gold bullion, gold exchange-traded funds and other assets as specified in the future.”

Silver, Market Bubbles, and Back to Basics

February 11, 2021
By Gary Christenson, Miles Franklin

By several measures, silver prices are too low. The banking cartel will continue devaluing dollars. Prices will rise—some more than others. Buy what is inexpensive now (such as silver) and be careful with what is expensive (Tesla stock and MANY others).

Is SLV really adding the silver that JP Morgan claims? - w/Nick Barisheff

February 10, 2021
By Chris Marcus, Arcadia Economics

The red flags around JP Morgan and the SLV silver trust continue to emerge.

The Cat’s out of the Bag

February 08, 2021
By Ted Butler, Butler Research

So how did so much silver get purchased in such a short period of time without exploding in price by $10 or $20? It had nothing to do with the buyers and everything to do with the sellers (probably the same big 4) who are short on the COMEX. It was the sellers that sold enough to prevent silver prices from soaring.

Is a Crisis in the Silver Market Dead Ahead?

February 07, 2021
By Ed Steer, Gold and Silver Digest

So the short position of the Big 8 traders is larger than the total Commercial net short position by about 422-369=53 million troy ounces...up about 33 million troy ounces from the 20 million troy ounces in the prior week's report.  That's a huge increase.

Silver's Reddit Surge

February 05, 2021
By Adam Hamilton, Zeal Research, Zeal LLC

Whether the WSB redditors were responsible or not, this extreme silver-market episode sure highlights the massive latent interest in silver.  Legions of speculators and investors out there are watching silver, ready to pour in on the right catalyst. 

WILD Silver Market Swings: Fast Breaking News, What to Expect Next...

February 04, 2021
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

As mining executive Bryan Slusarchuk put it, “I hope that the ultimate outcome here is that a new generation of investors and speculators realize that silver is money. Silver was money thousands of years ago. Silver remains money today. And silver will be money in a thousand years from now.”

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