SLVO News and Press, Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Call ETN IOPV From 03/31/22

Commodities exposure, designed carefully, can provide effective inflation defense and portfolio diversification. After nearly a decade of struggles and underinvestment, the supportive infrastructure and supply for many commodities have become strained. Commodities don’t all...

Silver has gained 16% since my last article on February 3, but the rally in gold prices and the broad commodity complex has left the metal even more undervalued. Silver's fair value appears to be somewhere in the USD30-50/oz range, and the metal has a tendency to embark on major spike...

The big action in silver occurred early in the month, making March a pretty large outlier. First, it continues the recent trend of increasing deliveries. The April contract has finally come to life in the final days, jumping upwards by more than 300 contracts. April gold has picke...

Two weeks ago, we published 'This is NOT the Silver Breakout You’re Looking For'. The silver price had gone from $24 to over $26 and the gold price was up about $50/oz over the same period. But since then, it is back up to almost the same level. Is this time different, is this ...

If mortgage rates climb, home builders will sell less homes. And will mean less construction jobs, as well as lower sales of construction materials. The point is, there’s a huge domino effect of unintended consequences. I think we’re now at an inflexion point. People hav...

The Fed has decided it will hike rates into a slowing economy in order to curtail soaring inflation. Gold dumped following the end of fiscal and monetary policy stimulus in August 2020. The bond market is pricing in rate “cuts” later this year, possibly early next. ...

Regardless of which side of the Russia/Ukraine/U.S./NATO conflict you might associate, it has without question shined a bright light on the dollar’s diminishing status as the reserve currency. More important, it has pulled gold into the conversation as an alternative trade sett...

Banks are in the process of restocking gold at a pace not seen in years. The Comex gold market has been flashing warning signs since early January. This continues to be the case. The latest influx of metal further supports the notion that banks are preparing for higher delivery vo...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created significant uncertainty for the cycle outlook. The global economy was on track for strongly above-trend growth in 2022. The war in Ukraine will likely have a negative impact on growth and cause higher inflation this year, with Europe tak...

Global markets are in turmoil as the Russian invasion of Ukraine triggers nuclear fears. Inflation fears are also being triggered. Oil futures are now trading at over $110 per barrel, but that’s not the only thing surging. Grains and other agricultural commodities skyrocketed b...