Here is a 2025 markets round up for last year (percentages calculated in US Dollars).
The biggest winners are at the top, biggest losers at the bottom.
Up 148% > Silver
Up 66% > Gold
Up 41% > Copper
Up 21% > FTSE 100
Up 20% > Nasdaq 100
Up 17% > S&P 500
Down 13% > Bitcoin
Down 20% > Oil
The standout market in this list for me is not silver as you would probably expect me to say but oil. I mean what on Earth is oil doing all the way down at just $61? That’s crazy considering the geopolitical tensions at the moment, the recent spate of oil tanker hijackings and two of the worlds biggest oil producers, Iran and Venezuela looking likely to get bombed sometime this year. In that kind of environment oil should be rapidly moving upwards not steadily going down. By any sane semblance of reason and logic the price of oil should be at least two to three times higher by now.
Anyway I digress. 2025 was certainly an interesting and unusual year for investing and 2026 looks set to get even weirder. We’re in the early stages of a long commodities bull market cycle so my easy prediction for 2026 is that the metals and other rare Earths will all continue to do well for the foreseeable. I’m not just talking about gold and silver either but all of the other industrial metals look like a good option for the next few years. Copper in particular looks like it could be the big standout trade of 2026 and once I’ve done a little more research into it I may take a sizeable punt on copper myself soon.
Regarding the main stock-markets, I think they’re a definite no go for the time being. I predict that 2026 will see the beginning of a big downturn for the stock-markets. Not necessary anything dramatic like a massive sudden overnight crash (although that is a distinct possibility too) but most likely we'll see the beginning of a long drawn-out bear market which will drag on for several years. As for oil? Well who knows? Obviously I think it should be much higher than it currently is and ultimately I think that one day it will go much higher too. But whether that actually happens during 2026 or later on I wouldn’t like to hazard a guess. It’s behaving irrationally at the moment and as the saying goes “The markets can remain irrational for longer than you can remain solvent.” Or something like that.
So as the thread title above says; does anyone else here fancy having a go at making a few market predictions of their own for 2026 and then in twelve months time we’ll come back and see how everyone did? There are plenty of options which I haven’t mentioned too which you could comment on such as BRICs, crypto currencies or government bonds (Japan’s 30 year anyone?) So go on, why not have a go? It’ll be fun. What do you think 2026 will bring for the markets?
My big prediction for 2026?
$250 spot silver by year end.
EDIT - Thread title changed to better suit the direction of conversation this thread has taken.
The biggest winners are at the top, biggest losers at the bottom.
Up 148% > Silver
Up 66% > Gold
Up 41% > Copper
Up 21% > FTSE 100
Up 20% > Nasdaq 100
Up 17% > S&P 500
Down 13% > Bitcoin
Down 20% > Oil
The standout market in this list for me is not silver as you would probably expect me to say but oil. I mean what on Earth is oil doing all the way down at just $61? That’s crazy considering the geopolitical tensions at the moment, the recent spate of oil tanker hijackings and two of the worlds biggest oil producers, Iran and Venezuela looking likely to get bombed sometime this year. In that kind of environment oil should be rapidly moving upwards not steadily going down. By any sane semblance of reason and logic the price of oil should be at least two to three times higher by now.
Anyway I digress. 2025 was certainly an interesting and unusual year for investing and 2026 looks set to get even weirder. We’re in the early stages of a long commodities bull market cycle so my easy prediction for 2026 is that the metals and other rare Earths will all continue to do well for the foreseeable. I’m not just talking about gold and silver either but all of the other industrial metals look like a good option for the next few years. Copper in particular looks like it could be the big standout trade of 2026 and once I’ve done a little more research into it I may take a sizeable punt on copper myself soon.
Regarding the main stock-markets, I think they’re a definite no go for the time being. I predict that 2026 will see the beginning of a big downturn for the stock-markets. Not necessary anything dramatic like a massive sudden overnight crash (although that is a distinct possibility too) but most likely we'll see the beginning of a long drawn-out bear market which will drag on for several years. As for oil? Well who knows? Obviously I think it should be much higher than it currently is and ultimately I think that one day it will go much higher too. But whether that actually happens during 2026 or later on I wouldn’t like to hazard a guess. It’s behaving irrationally at the moment and as the saying goes “The markets can remain irrational for longer than you can remain solvent.” Or something like that.
So as the thread title above says; does anyone else here fancy having a go at making a few market predictions of their own for 2026 and then in twelve months time we’ll come back and see how everyone did? There are plenty of options which I haven’t mentioned too which you could comment on such as BRICs, crypto currencies or government bonds (Japan’s 30 year anyone?) So go on, why not have a go? It’ll be fun. What do you think 2026 will bring for the markets?
My big prediction for 2026?
$250 spot silver by year end.
EDIT - Thread title changed to better suit the direction of conversation this thread has taken.
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