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Silver becoming a proxy for the entire commodity complex
Note the following chart comparing the price action in Silver against the price action of the broad commodity complex as a whole as illustrated by the Continuous Commodity Index.
The parallel is remarkable. What appears to be happening is that silver is becoming a type of proxy for the complex as a whole and in particular, for risk trades.
When risk trades are in vogue, silver is rocketing higher alongside of the rest of the commodity complex. When traders are avoiding risk and jettisoning the risk trades in favor of bonds or cash, the entire commodity complex seems to be following the exact same path as silver, namely down.
As mentioned in my earlier post, until the risk trades come back on, the silver market is going to languish. I am not sure what pill the hedge funds will have to swallow to bring them back to another frame of mind but the fact is we need the money flows that only the hedge funds can provide to take it back up again.
superimpose that chart Dan over a chart of POMO's/ QE and you have yourself a complete thesis! Its unbelievable. Excellent chart!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was short covering driving it higher. Or is it a combination of funds going long and short covering?
ReplyDeleteYes, Dan, you are correct. Crude oil and oil stocks have been seriously underperforming and the bank stocks are getting some bids. Looks like some rotation occurring to me. And as usual, retail stocks and bonds have been untouched in all this carnage lately. Might have to wait it out for a few months before the uptrend resumes.
ReplyDeletethanks dan for all your posts and advice
ReplyDeleteWhen the week is over with, and with all this downside volatility, if the gold and silver can come back even close to even, then the shorts going forward will be as dead as bin laden.
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