Precious Metals Mania: Gold Smashes $4,000, Silver Soars Past $50 – What’s Driving the Frenzy?
Gold’s latest high shattered the previous record and caps a nearly 50% rally year-to-date reuters.com ts2.tech. Silver’s spike is even more dramatic: after languishing in the low $30s at the start of the year, it rocketed above $50 — briefly touching $51.22 — in mid-October reuters.com ts2.tech. That represents well over a 70% gain in 2025 for silver, significantly outpacing gold. To put this in perspective: silver’s run has re-tightened the gold/silver ratio to historically low levels, indicating silver is “catching up” after years of underperformance ts2.tech.
