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President Donald Trump is threatening to take "tough measures" against Iran, just days after the arrest of Venezuela's leader.
His administration has launched a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve chairman and is adopting a scorched-earth approach to affordability, threatening key profit drivers for banks and institutional investors. 2026 has started in a chaotic manner.
One would expect that to be enough to send the stock market into a downward spiral. However, investors are taking most of this news in stride: stocks recently hit record highs and have since pulled back a bit.
Others, however, have expressed their fears, driving up the metals market. Silver rose more than 6% on Wednesday, January 14, to above $90 an ounce, and is up 29% this year. That's an impressive increase, especially considering that silver prices are up 141% in 2025, their best performance since 1979.
Gold rose nearly 1% on Wednesday, topping $4,600 an ounce, and is up 22% this year. Like silver, gold also had its best year since 1979 in 2025, up 65%.
Tin, copper, aluminum, lithium and zinc are also on the rise in 2026.
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