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Key Things to Know as Gold and Silver Hit New Highs
Gold is having its best year since Jimmy Carter was in office and silver has its biggest gain since the Global Financial Crisis. Today we’ll consider some key products associated with the trend as metals enter the homestretch of 2025. This table shows the year-to-date performance of key assets like gold, silver and equity products like the S&P 500 and tech stocks. It shows a clear outperformance in metals, despite a big rally in AI stocks. At least four catalysts have been driving the move: 1. Central bank buying: Central banks started acquiring bullion aggressively in 2022, according to the World Gold Council. That ... (full story)