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Albert Sung is the author of the Katchum Macro-Economic Blog, monitoring breaking economic news on a day to day basis. He started investing in 2008 because of the economic crisis and holds a masters degree in chemical engineering. Previously, he worked several years as a process engineer at... More
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  • CME: Silver Stock Growing, Gold Stock Flat 2 comments
    Jun 22, 2012 7:20 AM | about stocks: GLD, SLV, CME, PSLV, PHYS

    Time for a gold and silver stock update at the COMEX.

    In a previous article I noted that silver stocks were historically low. But recently silver stocks have been rising at the CME, which isn't bullish for the silver price. It means that silver isn't being used as much as a month ago, indicating a slowdown in the economy (Chart 1). Silver has been stocked up in the warehouses.

    Chart 1: CME/COMEX silver stock (Troy ounces) (red eligible, blue registered, green total)

    As for the gold stock, the total amount of stock at the COMEX has been flat for a month now. If we compare gold stocks against silver stocks, this means that gold is doing much better than silver in strength.

    Chart 2: CME/COMEX gold stock (Troy ounces) (red eligible, blue registered, green total)

    Notable is the little spike in registered silver on Chart 1 in the beginning of May, and the little spike in registered gold on Chart 2 in the beginning of June.

    Disclosure: I am long PSLV, PHYS, AGQ.

    Stocks: GLD, SLV, CME, PSLV, PHYS
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    hi, Katchum, may I ask where can I download the history data of comex silver stocks? thanks very much
    29 Mar, 05:09 AM Reply Like
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    You can find it: http://bit.ly/11Xijpb

    But it's not free.

    My charts on the other hand, are free.
    29 Mar, 12:33 PM Reply Like
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