Investors who favor precious metals eagerly await the launch of
"There are so many entities and individual investors who don't buy silver because they have no place to store it," said Dave Morgan, editor of the Silver Investor Newsletter. "The silver ETF overcomes that problem."
In the later part of January, a BGI spokesperson confirmed that the
The Barclays filing reveals that the ETF, should it be approved, will be structured very much like the existing gold ETFs Barclays launched.
John Nester, SEC spokesperson, denied to comment on how much longer the ETF review process may take. "It seems that the precious metals community is anticipating the launch of the silver ETF," said Todd Stein and Steve McIntyre, editors of an investment publication called Texas Hedge Report.
"If the silver ETF is approved, it will mean higher product costs and lost jobs in our industry," SUA wrote in a statement.
"I believe the proposed silver ETF can be the biggest thing for silver since the Hunt brothers," said Peter Grandich, editor of Grandich Letter, alluding to the pair who caused silver to rocket to $50 per ounce in the 80s by attempting to corner the market.
"Unless there is a sticking point, it could be approved in the next few weeks," said Grandich.
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