During this period, a net additional $101 million has been withdrawn from the fund. Since the beginning of January, there are now net capital outflows of $9.59 billion.
Officially, each GLD unit certificate is physically backed by 1/10 ounce of gold.
The same trend is taking shape in the largest silver ETF — iShares Silver Trust (SLV) — whose holdings fell 93.75 tonnes or 0.55% from the previous week to 17,040.54 tonnes.
According to the securities prospectus, 1 ounce of silver is stored for every SLV share issued.
However, according to the latest article by Germany’s Goldreporter, an alternative silver ETF is gaining further traction.
Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV), which has promoted by the online community since early 2021, have now risen three weeks in a row by a total of 31 tonnes to 4,725.44 tonnes.
The fund has gained nearly 2.5% in NAV over the past year.
Meanwhile, the “Wall Street Silver” community on Reddit continues to grow, adding 128,000 members since last May, a 75% increase.
(With files from Goldreporter)
