Uses of Silver & why you must add silver ETF in your portfolio

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 Hello friends lets understand about uses of silver & why me must add silver ETF in your portfolio.


  • Jewelry and silverware: Silver is attractive, reflective, and moldable.
  • Electrical and electronics: Silver is used in many electrical and electronic products.
  • Solar panels: The average solar panel uses about 2/3rds of a troy ounce of silver (20 grams).
  • Water purification: Silver is used in water purifiers to prevent the growth of algae and bacteria in filters.
  • Soldering and brazing: Silver's high tensile strength and ductility are used to create joints between two metal pieces.


All about Silver ETF 

What are Silver ETFs?

Silver ETF is a financial instrument which tracks the price of pure silver. These instruments invest in physical silver or silver related instruments. Physical Silver of 30 kg bars with fineness of 999 parts per thousand (or 99.9% purity) conforming to London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Good Delivery Standards are only permitted by SEBI for Silver ETF India funds. Further SEBI allows ETFs to invest in Exchange Traded Commodity Derivatives (ETCDs) with Silver as underlying asset. The exposure limits towards Silver ETCDs by the Silver ETFs may be capped at 10% of the Net Asset Value (NAV) taking into account the higher annualized rolling over expenses in Silver ETCDs (Depending upon the investment strategy) you can see that investments in any Silver India ETF fund assures you of very high purity.

How to invest in Silver ETFs?

You need to have Demat and trading accounts to invest in Silver ETF Fund. You can buy or sell Silver ETFs at market prices on the stock exchanges through your stockbroker. Though Asset Management Companies (AMCs) do not provide SIP facility for ETFs, some stockbrokers provide SIP like facilities for investing in ETFs. Check with your stockbroker, if you want to invest systematically from your regular savings in Silver ETFs.

How can you buy Silver ETFs?

During the New Fund Offer (NFO) period of an ETF, you can subscribe to the ETF at par value. After the NFO closes, the ETF is listed on the stock exchange and trade like shares of listed companies. After the NFO period you can buy Silver ETF units on the stock exchanges through your Demat and trading account at prevailing market prices (ask / offer prices). You should note that while AMCs discloses NAVs of ETFs at the end of the day, the market prices during the trading hours may differ from the actual NAV.

However, the market (bid / ask) prices of actively traded or liquid Silver ETFs will not differ significantly from the NAVs. There is no minimum investment amount in Silver ETFs. You can buy one unit or more than one unit of Silver ETFs depending on your needs. Apart from buying Silver ETF units in the stock exchanges, you can purchase them directly from the AMCs at prevailing NAVs, if you are buying in lot sizes (also known as creation units). The lot size (creation unit) of an ETF is specified in the Scheme Information Document (SID).

How can you sell Silver ETFs?

You can sell Silver ETF units in the stock exchange at prevailing market (bid) prices through your Demat and trading account. As mentioned before, the market price may differ from the NAV. You can also redeem your ETF units with the stock exchange at prevailing NAVs, if you are transacting in lot sizes (creation units) as specified in the SID. You should know that the lot sizes of ETFs are quite large compared to average investment size of retail investors.

Taxation of Silver ETF

The minimum holding period for long term capital gains tax for Silver ETFs is 3 years. For investment periods of less than 3 years, profits from sale of Silver ETF will be added to your income and taxed as per your income tax rate. For investment periods of more than 3 years, long term capital gains tax applies. Long term capital gains in Silver ETFs are taxed at 20% after allowing for indexation benefits.

 








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