3 Unstoppable Trends That Will Push Silver Higher in 2026

2025 has been a banner year for silver. Not only has its price more than doubled this year, on top of its 21% gain in 2024, but over the last 12 months, its gains have equaled those of the AI darling Nvidia, the tech-heavy Nasdaq, and even gold... combined. You can see silver's meteoric trajectory in the share price of iShares Silver Trust (NYSEMKT: SLV), a fund designed to generally track silver prices.After such an impressive rise, it would be natural to wonder if the bull market in silver has played out. But three sweeping technological trends are supercharging demand for the precious metal, and could push prices still higher in 2026.Silver is actually a byproduct metal -- it's mostly extracted from ore that gets mined in operations that are primarily focused on other precious metals.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool