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Silver and copper eclipse gold as top metals bets amid supply fears
By David Marino and Yvonne Yue Li
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Silver and copper have replaced gold as the hot metal trade heading into 2026, with institutional and retail traders positioning for record rallies.
Silver has nearly doubled this year, with most gains occurring in the past two months due to a historic supply squeeze in the benchmark London market amid surging demand from India and silver-backed exchange-traded funds. While that crunch has eased in recent weeks as more metal is shipped to London vaults, other markets have seen supply constraints: Chinese inventories are at decade lows.
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The silver rally has seen higher volatility, said Ed Meir, an analyst with Marex Group Inc. "If you look at the chart, there's been a steeper parabolic move up than seen in previous rallies. The buying is much more concentrated, and in a much shorter time frame."
Silver has outpaced gold of late. Since bullion hit a record on Oct. 20, it has moved mostly sideways, while silver has gained more than 11% to a fresh record and copper has climbed almost 9%. ...
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