Silver No.1 Performing Asset In 2020
The Jan. 4, 2021, issue of The Wall Street Journal included a section for reviewing financial markets for the year 2020. On page R2 it listed about 85 assets from stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities and others ranked from the best 2020 performance to worst. The top performer on the list was silver. Gold appeared in the #11 spot.
For 2020, the price of gold rose $375.75 from $1,519.50 to $1,895.25, the greatest calendar year dollar amount increase ever. As a percentage rise, it was the highest since 2010.
Silver’s price rose $8.58, from $17.83 at the end of 2019 to
