It's been exactly a month since our last market update. Here's the latest from the precious metals space:

Price Action

The positive momentum for precious metals continues, as the effects of Covid linger and an overall risky marketplace continue to push investors towards safe havens. 

The gold price is up another $30 since our last update on May 22nd, trading today at $1766/oz USD. That's 27% year-over-year and 16% since January 1st, 2020 to the upside. All smiles over here.

Silver continues to rally, trading today at $18.01/oz and has pushed further into the $18+ range as of late. That's a 4.7% gain in the last 30 days and much welcome news for silver investors.

Supply Chain and Product Availability

The most noticeable change in the precious metals space has been the availability of best selling products. The producers are back online and products are now available for immediate or also immediate delivery.

That being said, the effects of record sales in March, April and May, throughout the industry, has created a situation where the fulfillment of back-orders has been lengthy and continues to work itself out.

To compound the situation, logistics providers and customs agencies are also playing catch up as their staff members come back to work and now have to deal with a backlog of shipments to process and packages to deliver. In some cases, their lack of foresight or contingency planning has led to longer than usual delays for shipments to arrive and be processed, which can be frustrating for investors who were already being asked to be patient.

The good news is, the issues are working themselves out, painfully at times, but progress is being made nonetheless. More and more metal arrives everyday to our vaulting locations.

Premiums

Product premiums, particularly silver, are somewhere between "normalish" and ridiculous. Pick your products wisely. Gold on the other hand, is the better buy in my opinion, at least from a premiums perspective. In most cases, you're only paying 1% more premium than usual for gold products. I don't see premiums returning completely to normal until market demand subsides, which I expect will be months if not years ahead.

Investing in Precious Metals: An Educational Webinar

In case you missed it, we posted a webinar recently focused on investing in precious metals. It's free and perfect for anyone who has been considering investing but hasn't pulled the trigger yet or is always looking for more information about gold and silver. Check it out on our YouTube channel.