iShares Silver Trust
SLV is an exchange-traded fund tracking silver prices, with a single congressional trader executing six sales in the last 12 months, the dominant political signal.
BusinessWhat SLV does
The iShares Silver Trust (SLV) is a grantor trust that holds physical silver bullion, providing investors with a security representing ownership in the stored silver. Its revenue is derived from the trust's expense ratio, charged as a management fee against the fund's assets. The trust does not engage in commercial operations, lobbying, or federal contracting.
12 months past · 3 months futureSLV activity timeline
Lifetime Government AwardsSLV federal contracts
SLV doesn't hold direct federal contracts.
Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.
Smart Money · 13F HoldingsHedge funds holding SLV
Politicians Trading SLVMembers of Congress with recent SLV positions
Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading SLV
Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock
No Form 4 activity recorded in the last 180 days.
Bills Affecting SLVLive legislation impacting this stock
Political ProfileWhere SLV sits in Washington
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STRUCTURAL: High regulatory density from 8 finance-sector bills. EVIDENTIARY: A single, consistent congressional seller (6 sales in 12 months). No corporate insider buys (`corp insider Form 4 buys` empty), no lobbying, no federal contracts. Net: Evidentiary selling pressure against a structurally risky regulatory backdrop.
Regulatory ExposureThreats & opportunities
Regulatory threats
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High density of financial sector legislationCongress/SEC/CFTC"Eight recent `bill_impacts` with impact_ratio 0.0001 each, all in finance sector."
Regulatory opportunities
- No specific regulatory opportunities flagged.
Capitol Hill AlliesChampions & critics
Congressional champions
- No specific congressional champions identified.
Congressional critics
- Unknown Unknown
Live signals + predictions for SLV — for Founders
The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:
- Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades SLV
- Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
- Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
- SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
- Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
- Custom watchlist alerts via email + Discord