Holdings in Silver ETFs Surge

September 29, 2016

New York (Sept 29)  The iShares Silver Trust (NYSEArca: SLV) and ETFS Physical Silver Shares (NYSEArca: SIVR), two of 2016’s best-performing commodities exchange traded products for much of the year, scuffled in August as some market participants started pricing in a rate hike from the Federal Reserve later this year and its potential impact on precious metals.

Recent data suggest market participants are getting over those Fed fears and are returning to silver ETFs in significant fashion. Silver and other precious metals enjoyed safe-haven demand as the equities market plunged into a correction. The metal also maintained its momentum as the Federal Reserve lowered its interest rate outlook to only one or two hikes this year from a previously expected four rate hikes.

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Making ETFs such as SIVR and SLV all the more appealing is the notion that industrial demand is the catalyst behind a recent surge in holdings for silver ETFs.

According to Thompson Reuters GFMS, the solar industry’s silver demand increased 23% last year, the second consecutive year of increases.

Source:  ETFtrends

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