silver has sharply outpaced gold’s gains in the past three months and its classification as both an industrial and precious metal may lead it on a path to even higher prices from oct 31 to jan 31 comex silver futures climbed nearly 25 outpacing gold’s almost 19 climb a “statistically unusual amount that shows the precious metals market is bullish on global economic growth in 2023” wrote nicholas colas cofounder of datatrek research in a jan 25 report