Is Silver the New Gold?
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There are multiple asset classes for investment, which also include precious metals. When discussing the prestigious metals, the top two names are gold and silver. And in the year 2025, we have seen an amazing price growth for gold. Silver prices also have shown a good increase, but it is not as good as gold, and because gold prices have increased amazingly this year so it is not possible for a lot of people to buy gold in larger quantities. Gold is a valuable asset for sure in the market, but we cannot deny the value of silver, also.
Silver is an asset that is used for real purposes, and this is why the demand for silver is growing. This demand is going to grow a lot in the coming years because of the industrial demand, and this is why a lot of people consider silver as an investment option since gold is not possible for all of them at this point in time when the prices are really on a sky. People call silver a new gold because they expect a significant value appreciation on this asset in the future. And it is also anticipated that, like gold, silver can also outperform, but it might take some time.
There is some correction on the gold prices, but I think this is a correction where there is nothing to be worried about. Rather, in the long term, the value will still rise. So whatever investment you have, you should hold. I invest in these metals, and I have been doing it for a long but earlier I was doing all the physical assets; however, now I have moved to the digital asset, specifically in gold, because I invest in digital gold. Recently, I have also seen a kind of warning issued by the Sebi, which is an authority from the government that manages the investors' safety, and this is the government body that controls all the organisations dealing in this sector.
As for them, the digital gold is not backed by the government, so there is always a chance for unfair practices followed by the platforms that are providing the option to invest in the digital gold, and it is concerning. This market has been growing for the last few years, and now this has become so big that SEBI has to intervene because they do not want People to lose their hard-earned money.
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It is always recommended to follow the safe path with investment, and I mean to say it here that we should be investing in safe platforms, and we have the least probability of losing our assets. Not because there is no regulation on the digital gold, but I believe it is time for the government to work and bring some regulation here. I hope this is just the beginning, and the government will bring something that is good for the investor's safety in this segment, called digital gold from the investor's perspective. Thank you!
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I personally like silver more than gold. But investing point of view se bhi silver jyada attractive lagta hai par best approach I think portfolio diversification ki hi hogi kyunki usse risk factor narrow down ho jata hai.
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Sab chandi ho raha hai aaj Kal.....expert are recommending to invest in silver.
Right and this is why silver demand is growing
Silver rises up big this year and continues to be more valuable
!BBH
Silver is getting more attention after the gold price rise
What you say is all true, but be very careful. I heard this story in 2020 and 2021 right before the bottom fell out of silver :)
I have a large position in digital Silver (PSLV - Sprott Physical Silver) which I have cut down to one third of it's original size or so.
Things to be careful about:
Bear markets in Silver are brutal and last very long, take a look at Silver chart from 1967:
What do you see? Giant spikes followed by potentially a decade or more to get back your money... and that doesn't account for inflation, what was the USD worth in 1979?
The more things change the more they stay the same... Take a look at relative performance of Gold vs Silver since 1967:
It has been always better to own gold than silver...
Digital Gold and Digital Silver - they can have games played with them... Institutions providing the silver and gold digital investment options or ETFs can print as much gold as silver as they want. That is why I am in PSLV, they were created in order to address this problem, they actually store physical silver to back up every share they issue and are an audited Canadian company, but even their ETF can be shorted and manipulated by the Wall Street... SLV on the other hand is not fully backed up by physical silver stored in their own vaults so they can print as much paper silver as they want... This is a heavily manipulated market.
Both Silver and Gold right now are somewhat of a speculative asset class and not what they are supposed to be - a store of value, so danger...
Finally, what does this one year chart in Silver looks like right now?
To me it looks like a classic double top... If it were to fully play out the next stop is $40 silver or below. Though I think silver will continue going higher, how much higher is another question.
Gold chart looks similar with a lower high.
Overall I am bullish on gold long term though corrections are inevitable, with silver I am more bullish on silver than gold short term less than a year and bearish long term at these levels, just look at the first chart... once this bull market in silver is over the loss in value could be tremendous...
And finally I will throw out this chart as food for thought S&P 500 vs Silver since 1984:
Wow, man, must appreciate your efforts to share this information, and I understand that gold is better than silver. I have been investing in physical gold for a long but this year I switched to digital gold. The price appreciation of gold has been amazing this year, 2025, and because of that, a lot of people are considering silver as an investment option similar to gold. But after going through the analysis you shared, it looks like silver is still a good asset, but not as good as gold, and market manipulation happens here as well. ETF is another option which I will explore more.