You buy the shares, they go into your brokers account, BlackRock has a deal with your broker to rent/lease/borrow your shares from your broker so they can short the shares you just bought and they are not naked short because they borrowed your shares to be able to legally short them so they never have to cover….so the share value goes no place while the physical goes through the roof, and you sit there scratching your heads and wondering why? Heads they win and tails you lose.
IMO this whole stock market has become a rigged Casino since BlackRock and Derivatives have figured out how to “legally” rig it. Better get physical in your hand while you can. All just the opinion of Silverngold! FWIWBWTHDIK!