2018 to be the year of silver? White metal expected to outperform gold

Expensive equities and bonds, and a breather in Bitcoin and gold-silver ratio indicate the white metal could see a price surge in the days to come

Going by low volatility and rising risk in all other asset classes, the 2018 is expected to see a preference for precious metals. However, within gold and silver, the latter is expected to outperform the former.

Ratio traders are also looking at a fall in gold-to-silver ratio, which indicates how many ounce of silver can be bought with one ounce of gold. The ratio, 78.5 at present, is expected to fall significantly from here. This ratio falls when silver rises faster than gold, or gold falls faster than silver.

Since this year, according to the Silver Institute, “with equity and