DSLV News and Press, Credit Suisse AG From 04/18/20

Silver is blasting higher after mid-March's stock-panic-spawned near-crash. This normal oversold mean reversion looks like the start of something much bigger though. Speculators' positioning in silver futures utterly collapsed, leaving massive room for them to buy back in. And silver investmen...

Gold has been garnering all the mainstream media headlines the last week, as shortages of physical metal are becoming evident for investors. However, silver and platinum are entering a similar position of high investor demand to hedge financial market uncertainty and central bank money print...

The global pandemic has delayed many prosecutions. The cases facing traders and institutions on abuses in the precious metal markets are no exception. With far more pressing matters facing the world financial markets, I would not be surprised to see prolonged delays before prosecutors present ...

By Craig Hemke Just like two weeks ago, premiums are expanding again between the spot price for gold and the front month futures price. It was generally accepted two weeks ago that this was a signal of physical tightness that was soon to be resolved because the gold was simply "in the wron...

Written on Sunday, April 5, 2020. All prices mentioned in the article are as of the same date, unless stated otherwise. Students of economic history will no doubt have been fascinated to see the gold/silver ratio increase to over 125 to 1 on March 18, 2020, meaningfully above its former a...

The precious metals sector of the commodities market posted a loss over the first quarter of 2020 despite gains in palladium and gold. Rhodium moved higher, but silver and platinum both fell sharply. The spectacular rise in digital currencies throughout 2017 came to a brutal end in 2018 as...

The ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF ( SPXU ) is one of the most popular instruments to short the broad market for trading or hedging purposes. However, its -3x daily leverage factor is a source of drift. It must be closely monitored to detect changes in the drift regime. This article ...

Commodity demand reflected in futures - and ETF - prices. No doubt about it: the COVID-19 outbreak has wreaked havoc on worldwide markets. While demand surges, albeit raggedly, for safe-haven assets such as gold, equities have been slammed. A double whammy has been dished on the oil market...

Many comparisons are being made between the current predicament that the United States and the rest of the world finds itself in and the Great Depression of the 1930s. This current time will certainly be a period that historians in the future will have a lot to write about, culturally, geopoli...

While the paper silver price is down, physical bullion dealers continue to report a surge in demand. With Andy Schectman, founder of precious metals dealer Miles Franklin, reporting that this is the highest rate of silver sales in the 30 years he's owned the company. So to get an up-to-the-m...