COMEX Stress, GLD Outflows, & Secret Gold Accumulation | Andy Schectman
COMEX Stress, GLD Outflows, & Secret Gold Accumulation | Andy Schectman
Liberty and Finance: 3-10-2026
Andy Schectman joins Liberty and Finance to warn that physical gold and silver inventories on major exchanges are being rapidly drained as large institutions stand for delivery and remove metal from the system.
COMEX silver now shows 9–10 times more paper contracts than available registered metal, while nearly 160% of February deliveries left the exchange entirely.
Meanwhile, the largest weekly outflow in the history of the GLD gold ETF suggests that major players may be redeeming shares for physical bullion instead of selling.
At the same time, stress is appearing in financial markets as BlackRock and Blackstone restrict withdrawals from private credit funds, raising questions about liquidity across the financial system.
Schectman argues that when trust begins to crack, investors stop asking about yield and start asking whether they can get their money back at all.
INTERVIEW TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Physical metal running dry
17:50 Metals vs fiat
21:39 Liquity crisis
30:00 Vault storage considerations