“This is the definition of a silver shortage – nothing to do with the physical amount of the substance being in deficit, but people’s psychological intention not to sell. The extent to which a shortage is developing is witnessed by the extent of backwardation.”
That’s what Ned-Naylor Neyland wrote in a recent commentary (thanks
to GATA for bringing it to our attention). He is the Investment
Director at Cheviot Asset Management, one of the UK’s largest
independently owned investment firms. His commentary was triggered by
the decision of the London Bullion Markets Association (LBMA) to cut
the reporting on the Silver Forward Rate on the 2nd of November,
playing it down as “only indicative rates and therefore not dealable
rates between forward Market Makers.”
Clearly, Ned-Naylor Neyland holds another
opinion. He is monitoring the Silver Basis & Co-Basis (by Sandeep
Jaitly) and it showed a huge anomaly more or less at the same moment
of the LBMA’s decision. That kind of behaviour points to strong
backwardation, a signal of silver shortage (based on the earlier
mentioned definition). - via http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article37865.html
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