The under-the-radar gains for several corners of the precious and base metals markets are drawing wider attention as buying heats up. Although year-to-date gains aren't uniformly positive for all corners of the metals market, recent trading action suggests a bull sweep is possible in the weeks ahead as momentum builds, based on set of exchange-traded products through yesterday's close (July 23).
The top performer at the moment: silver via the iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV), which is up 26.1% so far this year. Gold had been leading the way for metals in 2020 - based