#silver

#silver

Silver's charge toward the $50 mark - a 71% YTD increase - is being fuelled by powerful, real-world forces rather than the speculation that drove its 1980 high. A deepening structural deficit, record industrial demand (it reached a record 680.5 Moz in 2024), and accelerating investment in green technologies are tightening supply and pushing prices higher. While silver doesn't share gold's full safe-haven credentials, its dual role as an industrial and store-of-value metal continues to draw investors seeking stability and upside.

Silver traded recorded some volatility on Tuesday, hovering near its highest level since 2011, as investors weighed macroeconomic signals and industrial momentum. Markets continued to price in a near 90% probability of a 25 bps Federal Reserve rate cut later this month, following dovish remarks from San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly, who warned of labour market fragilities and described tariff-driven inflation as likely transitory. Ongoing concerns over the Fed's independence and broader uncertainty around US trade policy kept safe-haven demand elevated.