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When silver and platinum explode together, you’re watching the quiet part of the market finally roar. *SPOT PLATINUM JUMPS 2% TO HIT NEW RECORD HIGH OF $2,332.95/OZ pic.twitter.com/QrXQRbcVQo — Investing.com (@Investingcom) December 24, 2025 #Silver surges above long-term channel resistance. Momentum is accelerating as the price enters a new zone after years of compression. If …
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by Mike Maharrey Gold is soaring, hitting multiple new record highs. Silver is surging, having gained nearly 40 percent this year. But another metal is outperforming them both. Platinum. The metal is up just over 51 percent since the beginning of the year. Most of that gain has occurred since early June. Investors are taking notice. …
Gold has taken the lead. Over the past 25 years, it has outperformed the U.S. stock market even when dividends are included. That’s not a short-term anomaly. It’s a long-term shift in how value is preserved. Since 1999, gold has surged 866.67%. The S&P 500, by comparison, has climbed 388.67%. That’s a full doubling of …
Copper is hitting record levels again, just like gold. While some investors argue these metals behave differently, the reality is they are strongly interconnected in the long term. In my view, we are likely in a profoundly constructive macro environment for metals. Silver,… pic.twitter.com/lwD0j1rBFQ — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) March 26, 2025 It is fascinating to me that …
Russia will be buying its own palladium, platinum, silver and gold for the state fund. I didn't include silver in this table, but Russia had 1200 tonnes of Ag metal content mine production in 2023, nearly 5% of world production. pic.twitter.com/vWwxDtA6Ma — Tony Norfield (@StubbornFacts) September 30, 2024