Why copper, silver and gold? - Richard Mills (www.investorideas.com Newswire) 2025 was historic in that gold, silver and copper all rose significantly at the same time — the first time this has happened in 45 years.  With one trading session to go before 2025 is in the books, gold has gained 69% to $4,331.90 an ounce. Silver more than doubled gold’s YTD increase to rise 157% to $72.25/oz, Monday afternoon, after hitting a new record-high of $83.62 on Dec. 28 after China, the world’s second largest si ...