Silver rallied to an all-time high as investors sought to protect their wealth against accelerating inflation and a weaker dollar with holdings in a metal that also benefits from economic growth.
Immediate-delivery silver climbed as much as 5.4 percent to $49.79 per ounce, surpassing the previous peak, which according to research company GFMS Ltd was $49.45 in January 1980. The metal traded at $49.2563 at 1:15 p.m. in Singapore, up for a ninth day and set for the longest winning run since an 11-day increase in March 2008. Spot gold also reached a record.
Precious metals have rallied on investor concern that central-bank programs to revive economic growth with record-low interest rates and increased supply of money will reignite inflation and hurt currencies including the dollar. Silver has more than doubled over the past year.
Those damn speculators.
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