30.07.2014 - Can We Trust Silver’s Leadership Over Gold?
While gold has been nabbing the bulk of the recent commodity headlines, investors have missed what has been — and will likely continue to be — the better long-term, safe-haven holding. Surprise! Silver has actually outpaced gold since both hit a short-term bottom on June 2. Specifically, even with last week’s tumble, the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) is still up 10% since that point, while the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) is only up 4.9% for the nearly-two-month timeframe. In fact, SLV has outpaced the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), the iShares Barclays 20-Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), and a whole slew of other asset classes over the past couple of months...............................................Full Article: Source
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