Yesterday, I covered the extraordinary rise of gold over the past 12 months, and three ways you can invest in the precious metal in 2026. While gold's 70%-plus rise has been shockingly lucrative, its less-illustrious precious metal sibling, silver, has done even better. Silver's ascent over just the past 12 months alone has been truly extraordinary. This time last year, the white metal was going for just under US$31 an ounce. Today, that same ounce will cost an investor a record high of US$97.60. Yep, silver has more than tripled in the past year. Silver's status as a precious, investment-grade metal has coupled with ... (full story)