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Top trends that will affect the white metal in 2025!    Dean Belder, Silver Investing Analysts wrote that, Top trends that will affect silver in 2025! Silver reached highs not seen since 2012 this past year. What trends will drive the white metal in 2025, and will its price gains continue? The silver price reached highs not seen since 2012 this past year, supported by an ongoing deficit and increasing interest from investors as geopolitical concerns prompted safe-haven buying.   The white metal reached its highest point for the year in October, breaking through US$34 per ounce on the back of a shifting post-pandemic landscape and geopolitical tensions. However, Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election just a few weeks later buoyed bond yields and the US dollar while weighing on silver and gold. What will 2025 hold for silver? As the New Year approaches, investors are closely watching how Trump's policies and actions could impact the precious metal, ...

Silver exhibits volatility similar to Indian equities: Motilal Oswal According to Alpha Strategist Report from Motilal Oswal Private Wealth (MOPW), standard deviation on monthly returns and maximum drawdowns for the period between 1990 to 31st October 2024, silver has exhibited volatility similar to Indian equities. The standard deviation for Silver is 26.6% which is similar to Indian equities at 26.8%. The maximum drawdown of silver is at -54% which is close the maximum drawdown of -55.1% in Indian equities. Silver has provided returns of the CAGR of 7.6% from 1990 to 31st October 2024, Indian Equities have recorded CAGR of 14.0% during the same period. Compared to Silver, Gold has provided a meaningful CAGR of 10.6% and scores better on account of recorded standard deviation of 14.7% and maximum drawdown of -25.1%. Hence, Gold can have a strategic allocation in portfolios, while Silver should be consider only for tactical allocation. The recent fluctuations in gold and silver prices ...