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Silver to outperform gold in 2020

Heightened global uncertainty related to the outbreak of the coronavirus will support gold and silver’s investment appeal in the near term. Later this year, however, and assuming the disease is brought under control, we anticipate that a gradual pick-up in global growth will benefit silver demand more than gold, owing to silver’s stronger price correlation with the business cycle.

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