Thanks to rebounding prices in the commodities pits, gold and silver exchange traded funds are once again being favored by investors.
ETF Securities, the ETF provider known primarily for its lineup of commodities funds, said its long gold ETPs last week saw $38 million of inflows, bringing inflows over the past two weeks to $46 million. The firm’s U.S.-listed gold ETFs include the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEArca: SGOL) and the ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares (NYSEArca: AGOL).
Last week, UBS boosted its forecast for gold in 2014 to a one-month forecast of $1,280 an ounce from $1,180 and the three-month outlook to $1,350 from $1,100. UBS analysts Edel Tully and Joni Teves upwardly revised their gold projection to an average $1,300 in 2014 from the previous estimate of $1,200, with a 2015 target of $1,200. [Gold ETFs Rebound]
Entering Monday’s session, the ETFS Physical Silver Shares (NYSEArca: SIVR) sported a 9.1% year-to-date gain.
“The silver price has rallied 12% so far this year, ahead of gold’s 10% increase over the same period. Silver is viewed by some investors as a leveraged version of gold. Since 2000 on average during months the gold price has increased silver has gained about 1.4 times the gold price increase. In 2013 the silver price declined about 1.3 times more in percentage terms than the gold price. This may explain why investors have been building their positions in silver ETPs this year,” said ETF Securities in a note out Monday.