Silver has many industrial and commercial uses such as in jewelry, photography, mirrors, and medicine. The price of silver is influenced by macroeconomic factors like economic growth, financial crises, and unemployment as well as commodity-specific events and government policies. Individuals invest in silver in physical forms like bars and coins as well as certificates and exchange-traded products.

3. Currency
Jewelry and silversmith
Dentistry
Photography and electronics
Mirrors and optics
Other industrial and commercial applications
Medical uses of silver
Investing
Clothing

6. • The Global Financial Crisis
• The progress of Chinas ascent as a world power
• Volatility in European markets
• Inflation
• Rising Unemployment

10. FACTORS INFLUENCING
THE SILVER MARKET
≈National industrial growth
≈Global financial crisis
≈Recession
≈Inflation
≈Commodity-specific events
≈Governments trade policies
≈Geopolitical events

11.  Bars
 Coins and rounds
 Exchange-traded products
 Certificates

14. Silver shines better than gold in market