Three reasons silver prices will rally

Large portion of demand comes from fabrication, which is expected to rise about 3% to 5% this year. As well, Chinese investors now have an opportunity to trade silver from home. With the recent volatility and lows in the gold market, many investors also have been wary of silver prices. Silver on Friday closed down 0.4% to $28.87 per ounce. For the week, prices dropped 5.1%. Not the prettiest picture, but for the year silver has increased more than twice the price of gold thanks to growing confidence that the global economy will dodge another recession bullet. David Jollie, an analyst at Mitsui & Co. Precious Metals Inc., recently said to Bloomberg News, "A greater amount of confidence in the global economy generally means higher growth and that means more silver demand. If you look out beyond the end of the year, you can still see reasons to be bullish." Continue reading this story

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