Silver Soared by 144% in 2025. History Says This Could Happen in 2026

If you're a stock market investor, last year was fruitful but also quite bumpy. Corporate earnings were strong, but investors had to navigate a rising inflation rate, a rising unemployment rate, and political uncertainty headlined by President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, which triggered a temporary crash in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stock market index.On top of that, the U.S. government ran another trillion-dollar budget deficit that sent the national debt soaring to new highs. All of this political and economic uncertainty fueled a 64% surge in the price of gold in 2025, which has been a reliable store of value for thousands of years.But gold's close sibling silver delivered an even bigger return of 144% last year. It benefited from many of the same tailwinds, but a looming global supply shortage served as rocket fuel for its rally. Could 2026 bring similar returns? Here's what history says.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool