Silver to outperform gold as prospects for both improve

For the third time since 2013 the price of gold has found decent support at around $1,200 per ounce. That level might be tested again soon, as fears over the global economy fade and the focus returns to the prospect of tighter monetary policy in the US. Nonetheless, we are forecasting a further gradual recovery in the price of gold in 2015 and 2016 – and expect silver to do better still.

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