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Group 1 - Gold and silver prices have surged in December, with predictions that this trend may indicate a financial crisis in the U.S. [2][6] - Silver prices have more than doubled this year, surpassing gold, with futures prices breaking the $80 per ounce mark, exceeding the price of crude oil [2][6] - Gold has also seen a 72% increase this year, leading investors to accumulate both physical and paper silver as a means to store wealth and hedge against currency risks [2][6] Group 2 - Demand for silver remains strong from various sectors, including jewelry, medical devices, electric vehicles, data centers, and particularly solar panel manufacturing, which consumes nearly 30% of the global annual silver production [2][6] - Indian investors have shown a significant increase in demand for silver, with the Reserve Bank of India allowing loans backed by silver as collateral, making India the second-largest silver investment market globally [2][6] - New silver mining is unlikely to significantly increase market supply, as most pure silver deposits have been depleted, and current silver in circulation is often a byproduct of mining other metals like copper and gold [7] Group 3 - Investor Peter Schiff warns that the U.S. economy is heading towards a historic crisis, with inflation and rising gold and silver prices undermining confidence in U.S. Treasury bonds and foreshadowing a sharp decline in the dollar [3][7] - Schiff notes that significant increases in gold prices indicate a loss of confidence in the dollar, leading investors to prefer gold over the interest from U.S. Treasury bonds [3][7] - He predicts that daily increases in gold prices exceeding $100 will become common, with expectations of a $200 increase in a single day soon [4][7]