I've had a good year. And wouldn't even mind parking everything in treasuries for the rest of the year but I think that I can do better.
CEF is gold and silver so you could consider it kind of a cash equivalent. They don't mine it. It's just a fund that holds bullion in a vault. It's very liquid too. Good place to park money if you think that we're going to bomb a country in the Middle East. The commercials have massive short positions in silver and gold. Silver is a big problem in particular as there is a silver ETF that's in the works that will consume a lot of physical silver. And the problem with being short the metal is that you have to come up with it if someone demands physical.
Yeah, there are those funny little rules that allow for cash settlement but the price of silver would skyrocket if an exchange or commercial couldn't come through with the physical.
The reason I went to cash was based on the tape. Long-term rates were a factor. I have the TNX real-time chart on my streamer and can see where it is going. The $US confirmed the move by heading higher and gold "confirmed" it by moving lower. Silver headed higher later in the day to close above $12. If you think that AMD has moved a lot, take a look at the silver miners.
You might want to look at the free commentary at Leavitt Brothers this weekend. It appears that others booked profits on Thursday and Friday too. The trading action on the tape was very orderly and on low volume which didn't make it attractive for shorting in my opinion.