Is silver the new gold rush?

Oh babe, you got my soul You got the silver, you got the gold. The Rolling Stones songwriter and guitarist Keith Richards apparently penned the song 'You got the silver' for his then-girlfriend Anita Pallenberg way back in 1969, but the lyrics could easily be meant for modern-day silver funds, which have sparkled like a retro disco outfit and ignited white-hot investor interest in recent times. Don't just take our word for it. Silver funds have zoomed 29 per cent in the last 12 months and a whopping 32.39 per cent in the last three months, which is almost double that of the next best-performing category (gold funds). The outperformance is primarily driven by China's stimulus measures and heightened geopolitical situations in the Middle East and Russia-Ukraine. In terms of its 1-kg price, the white metal is just around Rs 1