"In fact, over the past decade, the white metal has outperformed its yellow rival, generating cumulative returns of 298% to 286%. It's in 2025, though, where silver really started to shine, doubling in value compared to 60% gains for gold. With the white metal trading just under $60 per ounce today, silver is being driven higher by a structural supply deficit that has persisted for four straight years and is projected by the Silver Institute to widen further."
"Industrial demand - especially from solar panels, electric vehicles, and 5G infrastructure - now consumes more than half of annual supply, and recycling plus mine production simply cannot keep pace. Add in central-bank buying of physical silver by some nations (particularly Russia and Saudi Arabia), safe-haven flows amid currency worries, and speculative momentum, and the result is the strongest bull market silver has seen in decades."
Silver has significantly outperformed gold over the past decade, with cumulative returns of 298% versus 286%, and in 2025 silver doubled while gold gained 60%. The white metal trades just under $60 per ounce and faces a structural supply deficit that has persisted four years and is projected to widen. Industrial demand now consumes more than half of annual supply, driven by solar panels, electric vehicles, and 5G infrastructure, while recycling and mine output cannot keep pace. Central-bank purchases, safe-haven flows amid currency worries, and speculative momentum have amplified the rally. Exchange-traded funds like SLV and SIL offer liquid exposure; SLV holds allocated physical bullion and charges a 0.50% expense ratio.
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