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Group 1 - Gold and silver prices have surged in December, with silver prices more than doubling this year, surpassing gold [1] - Silver futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange broke the $80 per ounce mark, exceeding the price of a barrel of crude oil, which closed at $56.74 [1] - The demand for silver remains strong from various sectors, including jewelry, medical devices, electric vehicles, and particularly solar panel manufacturing, which consumes nearly 30% of the global annual silver production [1] Group 2 - Notable investor Peter Schiff warns of an impending historic crisis in the U.S. economy, attributing rising inflation and precious metal prices to a loss of confidence in U.S. Treasury bonds and the dollar [2] - Schiff indicates that significant increases in gold prices signal a lack of confidence in the dollar, leading investors to prefer gold over U.S. bonds [2] - He predicts that daily increases in gold prices exceeding $100 will become common, with expectations of a $200 increase in a single day soon [2]