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Trade association for precious metals
A true physical silver shortage is signalled when multiple market layers—futures distortions (backwardation), spiking lease rates, collapsing inventories across major hubs, and sustained regional prem...
Clear, contemporaneous reporting documents repeated episodes of sharply higher silver lease rates and falling visible inventories across London and Shanghai in 2024–2025: London’s short-term borrowing...
Lease‑rate series are a sensitive, high‑frequency gauge of market “tightness” — they spike when deliverable, exchange‑grade metal is scarce for short‑term loans — but they do not, on their own, distin...
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the vaulting rules that govern their underlying bullion are central mechanisms by which "paper" claims on silver can become effectively removed from the market as usab...
A sharp spike in silver lease rates in 2025 coincided with acute dislocations between spot and futures prices — spot premiums widened (backwardation) and many retail dealers reported shortages and “ou...
Analyst consensus and mainstream bank forecasts in the sources cluster silver’s likely near-term path in the mid‑$30s to mid‑$50s per ounce, not in three‑ or four‑figure territory; HSBC raised its 202...
Buyers and sellers of gold should keep detailed purchase and sale records, track cost basis (including premiums and storage), and cooperate with dealer reporting obligations such as Form 1099‑B and Fo...