DSLV News and Press, Credit Suisse AG From 02/05/20

The two co-chief investment officers of the biggest hedge fund in the world, Bridgewater Associates, can't seem to agree with each other about whether the boom-bust cycle as we know it still exists. Even so, both seem to agree - if in an oblique and convoluted way - that gold is headed much hi...

I measure once a month the decay of major leveraged ETFs. It may be useful for anyone using leveraged ETFs for investing, trading or hedging. W hy do leveraged ETFs drift? Leveraged ETFs often underperform their underlying indexes leveraged by the same factor. Beta-slippage and roll y...

Silver has been volatile in 2020 as the precious metal has traded in a range from $17.28 to $18.895 on the nearby March futures contract since the end of last year. Like gold, silver is money and one of the oldest means of exchange in the world. Gold has been attracting buying during the lates...

This is the story of how the Chinese central bank manipulates premiums on gold traded over the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Evidence suggests that since 2017 the Chinese central bank is artificially elevating premiums on gold traded at the Shanghai Gold Exchange ((SGE)) by roughly 0.5%. A Reu...

Gold prices pull back slightly from more than six-year highs, as investor worries over the spread of China's coronavirus eased a bit. More news on: SPDR Gold Trust ETF, Hecla Mining Company, Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, Commodities news, Stocks on the move, News on ETFs, Rea...

Originally published January 22, 2020 Last week was big for platinum group metals (PGMs). Stricter emissions standards in China proved to be the catalyst for a huge move in palladium. Palladium and platinum are critical components of catalytic converters. Catalytic converters are the main ...

In this article, I focus on the inverted implied lease rate situation, signaling an ongoing deficit in physical supply almost daily, for years running, in gold and silver. Essentially, large physical supply is getting harder and harder to find for hedge funds, banks, central banks and broker...

Over 5,000 years ago, the first Egyptian Pharaoh Menes stated that two and one-half parts silver equal one-part gold. At that time, and throughout most of the history that followed, gold and silver have served as stores of wealth, currencies, and means of exchange. In modern times, since the...

By David Brady I am not here to go into the fundamental reasons why the futures market for Palladium has broken down. I recommend you review the work of David Jensen and Craig Hemke in that regard. They saw the breakdown months in advance. Instead, I analyzed the COT data for signs that th...

Silver is still in consolidation mode since early September, but could be close to a resolution. Below, is the chart of Silver: On the chart there appears to have formed some fractals. The current one has also broken out at the blue line in middle to late December of 2019, and is currently...