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A Closer Look At The New Silver Shares Covered Call ETN From Credit Suisse
Silver has been performing terribly of late owing to weakening overseas trends and slack demand. An increasing appetite for equities over commodities, feeble Chinese growth and a possible sell-off by the central bank of the still struggling Cyprus have weighing on the silver prices.
This is especially true in the backdrop of the strengthening dollar and continued bullishness in the stock market, two conditions that are pushing precious metals down across the board. In fact, silver bullion has plunged about 24% in the year-to-date time frame and is easily underperforming the broad market, signaling that the bear market for silver may be continuing in the near term (read: Time to Buy Silver ETFs?).
This sentiment has shifted investors’ attention to dividend-focused stocks and ETFs that have been outshining sliver for some time. After all, precious metals are notorious for their lack of dividends and current income, and without strong price moves to the upside, the appeal of the asset class is definitely dulled.
However, this trend could be changing thanks to a new exchange-traded product from Credit Suisse. The company just launched the Silver Shares Covered Call ETN (NYSEARCA:SLVO) which could be the combination of stability and yield that many investors have been waiting for in the silver market.
