This Other Precious Metal Is Beating Gold This Year. Should You Invest?

There's a lot of talk about the price of gold this year. And for good reason -- the yellow metal soared 65% from the beginning of the year through Oct. 20, its strongest performance in a calendar year since 1979. But, incredibly, another precious metal has had an even more impressive rally this year: Silver climbed 78% through Oct. 20, hitting an all-time high.Both metals saw a pullback earlier this week as commodities traders took a breather and some profits. Yet funds that provide investors with exposure to physical silver, like the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEMKT: SLV), remain way up for the year. The silver exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracks the silver spot price using silver bullion held in JPMorgan Chase bank vaults in New York and London, and it has soared 65% so far in 2025.So what are investors to make of all this movement? And does this recent pullback in the silver price provide an opportunity?Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool