Exchange traded funds (ETFs) tracking silver were flat Friday afternoon despite the 2% rally in their gold counterparts to fresh record highs.
The iShares Silver Trust (NYSEArca: SLV) was little changed late in the session as it again topped the daily volume list in terms of shares traded. [Silver Pushes Aside S&P 500 in ETF Trading Volume.]
Gold ETFs rallied 2% on Friday as Federal Reserve chief Bern Bernanke said the U.S. economy still isn’t where it needs to be. [Gold ETF Surges 2% to End Week as Bernanke Speaks.]
Some traders have been positioning for gold to outperform silver on a relative basis. “Poor man’s gold” has been trouncing the real thing on performance this year, sending the gold to silver price ratio to multidecade lows. [Short Silver, Go Long Gold ETF in Relative Value Play: Analyst.]
Other exchange traded products for silver include ETFS Physical Silver (NYSEArca: SIVR), PowerShares DB Silver (NYSEArca: DBS) and Sprott Physical Silver Trust (NYSEArca: PSLV).
Full disclosure: Tom Lydon’s clients own SLV.
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