SLVO News and Press, Credit Suisse X-Links Silver Call ETN IOPV From 04/22/22

Real yields and Gold are inversely correlated. Real yield and gold rose together, which is atypical but not extraordinary in the short term. Financial markets are reaching extremes that could precipitate a systemic collapse or another reversal by the Fed to more stimulus. Fo...

The ProShares Ultra Silver ETF is generally a bad fit for my long-term growth strategy, but I can see the case for holding a small position today. The current environment of currency devaluation and rampant inflation should be bullish for silver. So far, the precious metal has underpe...

Longtime precious metal investors will recognize that these expirations almost always bring price volatility, and the month of April will be no different. Trade at Settlement volume has surged on schedule in April. We should all be very excited about where prices are headed in the...

I had covered silver a couple of years ago. It is interesting to draw some conclusions at this point. Twenty-five months have passed; the gold to silver ratio subsided closer to its historical average. Jewelry and Industrial related above-ground stocks are understudied. This may l...

The Russia-Ukraine situation is still unclear. Russia is making various demands, such as demanding rubles for their oil and gas. A soft landing: Unlikely. With inflation and shortages, we could be seeing a runaway market in commodities. For further details see: Gold:...

While primarily focused on CEFs, my investment portfolio also includes ETFs/ETNs and some individual stocks in order to broaden the range of sectors covered. It currently consists of 32 securities, divided into three distinct groups, each with a different investment strategy. Afte...

We see specific themes in commodities that could benefit from the transition to a low carbon economy. On average, since 1997, commodities have historically outperformed the S&P 500 in the first 12 months after the beginning of a rate hiking cycle. Investors are increasingly us...

According to the BLS, the economy added 431k jobs in March. February was revised up to 750k from an original 678k. Unemployment rate fell to 3.6%. Through three months in 2022, the BLS is adjusting the raw number up quite substantially (-414k vs +1.7M). Although the unemployment r...

With an emphasis on the bigger picture, we focused on the primary drivers of the markets over the past month and going forward. The dollar is on an increasingly fragile ground here with the prospect of two commodity-backed currencies, the ruble and the yuan, challenging its reserve st...

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...