CEF News and Press, Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust Units From 12/31/19

Of the four precious metals that trade on the NYMEX and COMEX divisions of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, palladium is the least liquid. As of December 27, the total number of open long and short positions in the gold futures market stood at 765,653 contracts, a record high representing 76.6...

This article was originally published on December 2nd, 2019. Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund ( FOF ) is a pretty popular go-to fund of funds, investing in other CEFs and ETFs. This can be a convenient fund for those that may not want to actively manage their CEF portfolio an...

2019 finishes with an extra kick for investors. Part of that is the continued strong run of the market, erasing memories of last year's near bear market and extending the decade-long bull. There also are plenty of market headlines and events that have sprung over the end of the year, from Ph...

Author's note : This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on December 3, 2019. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund ((CEF)) sectors in the last week, as well as to highl...

While the reasons to expect higher gold and silver prices are growing by the day, imagine if you could make money in the sector whether prices go up or down. Which is what Brent Cook of Exploration Insights specializes in doing. And at the recent New Orleans Investment Conference, he was ki...

I know that many investors follow correlations as if they were gospel. But, do they really understand what a correlation represents? You see, markets are not linear in nature. While two different markets may be traveling in the same direction for a period of time, unless you understand each ...

Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on December 16, 2019. Like old soldiers, old beliefs never die. In the financial world, one of the many old beliefs that clings to life despite a pile of conflicting evidence is the one about gold being primarily a hedge against, or a p...

I intend to take positions in gold, silver, and platinum before year-end. Last year, these three trades combined to produce more than $6,000 on a single contract basis, while winning two out of the three trades. How will this year’s trades perform? I have no idea. However, I’ll s...

Platinum is a unique metal. Compared to the other three precious metals that trade on the COMEX and NYMEX divisions of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, platinum offers advantages. As an industrial metal, platinum is the densest and has the highest resistance to heat. Platinum is rare. Annual p...

As macro forces are changing the world and the US dollar’s status as world’s reserve currency is in question, investors are going to need an asset that is no one else’s liability, Electrum Group Chairman Thomas Kaplan told Real Vision in an interview with Dan Tapier...