The price of silver broke a record this week, exceeding $60 an ounce. The white metal has more than doubled in value this year, from about $30 an ounce to over $63 today. And funds that provide investors with exposure to physical silver, like the iShares Silver Trust ( SLV 2.64% ), are up with the price of the precious metal. 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 about 118% so far in 2025. By contrast, gold, the king of precious metals, is up about 61% this year. Platinum and palladium, the ... (full story)