Purchase of the Aberdeen Standard Physical Silver Shares ETF (SIJustification of the investment:
1. The growth of industrial demand for silver
Industrial use accounts for a significant share of global silver consumption — about 50-55%. The main application is electronics, electrical engineering, solar panels. The demand for silver, as a key component of these
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About abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF
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Inception date
Jul 20, 2009
Structure
Grantor Trust
Distribution tax treatment
Return of capital
Income tax type
Collectibles
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
28.00%
Distributor
ALPS Distributors, Inc.
SIVR gives investors pure exposure to silver by holding the physical metal in trust. Each share represents a fractional interest in the trust. The metal is held with JPMorgan Chase Bank in London at a secured vault. Thus, providing a convenient way to invest in silver. It has tracked the spot price of silver perfectly. It is important to note to determine the NAV of the Trust, the value of silver is based on an ounce price as set by London Bullion Market Association at approximately 12:00 noon London divided by the number of shares outstanding for the fund at 4:00 p.m. New York time, each trading day. In addition, investors should be aware of the tax treatment as SIVR is deemed a collectible by the IRS. Aberdeen purchased the fund effective October 1, 2018 from ETF Securities. Prior to March 31, 2020, the fund was named Aberdeen Standard Physical Silver Shares ETF.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Miscellaneous
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Miscellaneous100.00%
SIVR : Closed the position in partsBooked profits in separate levels. Half of the position was closed in breakeven levels for a mere 0.37% whereas the remaining half was closed at 3.83%.
The position didn't move as expected and did crash a bit before moving in the anticipated direction. But there are better opportunities out there
SIVR : Bought for about 5% of the total portfolioFundamentals
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was released in the US on September 13th, 2023, and inflation is on the rise. Year-over-year (y/y) inflation, which had been decreasing month after month for a while and had almost reached 3% in July, has spiked up to 3.2% in August and 3.7% in September.
SIVR : It's time to start accumulatingAlthough I do expect a dip of over 5%, before a rally, I'm still ready to take that risk.
There is a high probability for a crash in US equity market anytime and if that happens, commodities, especially gold and silver, should be there in the portfolio to act as a hedge. I'm not a big fan of gold
$SIVR on Watch List for Silver TradeI like $SIVR over $SLV as it is treated like a stock / ETF and not a limited partnership (LP), which $SLV is a LP (the later is a headache at tax time). Silver has been consolidating in a wide range now for about 11 months as you can see by the shaded area on the chart. It looks to me like it has al
Silver breaks out of rising wedge channel. A repeat? Or upward?We've been here before, though a 4% up day on silver is nice. If we continue up, we may see some FOMO push us up to the fictitious 'squeeze rally'. Or possibly, this was just a counter to crypto's down day. Note here that I trade SIVR because I like the sound of silver residing in London vaults. Mak
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