2025 Asset Review: Silver Surge, Taiwan Stocks Reach New Highs, Did Your Performance Meet the Goals?

Looking back at 2025, the global capital markets experienced extreme capital rotation: precious metals surged due to safe-haven and industrial demand, with silver leading the way with triple-digit gains; simultaneously, the AI trend continued to drive record highs in the Taiwan and US stock markets, with Taiwanese investors enjoying substantial profits, while cryptocurrencies experienced a significant correction. Did you meet your performance targets in 2025? How should you adjust your strategies to迎接 2026?

Performance Rankings of Various Assets in 2025

The turbulent year of 2025 has quickly come to an end. The performance rankings of various assets for 2025 are now available. Did you achieve your goals?

Strong Rise of Precious Metals: Driven by Both Safe-Haven Sentiment and Industrial Demand

In 2025, the most outstanding asset class was precious metals, with silver soaring an astonishing 141%, topping the charts, while gold also saw a significant increase of 64%. This reflects the ongoing geopolitical tensions worldwide, leading to a strong market demand for “safe assets,” with capital rapidly fleeing the credit currency system and shifting toward tangible assets with historical value storage functions.

Notably, silver’s explosive performance was driven not only by safe-haven demand but also by a surge in industrial demand related to green energy transitions (such as solar panels) and high-end electronic components, causing structural supply and demand imbalances that further amplified price increases.

Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, recently predicted in an interview that silver prices will reach $200 in 2026.

(Silver ranks as the best-performing asset of 2025, with Currency Wars author predicting $200)

Resilience of Tech Stocks: AI Wave Supports Taiwan and US Markets

Despite macroeconomic challenges, the Taiwan and US stock markets, centered around technology stocks, delivered impressive results. The Taiwan Weighted Index rose 25.73%, highlighting Taiwan’s irreplaceable core position in the global semiconductor advanced manufacturing process and AI server supply chain, with strong export momentum directly reflected in corporate profits.

On the closing day of 2025, the Taiwan Weighted Index closed at 28,963.6 points, reaching a new all-time high, with a total increase of 5,928.5 points, or 25.73%. Taiwan stocks have now increased by over 20% for three consecutive years. According to the latest statistics from the Taiwan Stock Exchange as of the end of November, approximately 13.71 million investors have opened accounts, with an average profit of about NT$1.49 million per investor this year.

In the US, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices rose by 20.36% and 16.39%, respectively, mainly due to the strong balance sheets of large tech giants and revenue growth expectations driven by AI commercialization, continuing to attract global capital allocation.

Cryptocurrency Market Entered Correction: Regulatory Pressure Promotes Capital Flows Back to Traditional Assets

Compared to the lively traditional assets, the cryptocurrency market entered a cooling phase at the end of 2025, with Bitcoin and Ethereum declining by 5.98% and 10.5%, respectively. The crypto market experienced two significant “deleveraging” waves in April and October, with capital tending to flow back into traditional financial systems with tangible backing or stable yield-generating capabilities.

Reviewing the investment performance of 2025 and planning strategies for 2026

I usually review my annual performance at the end of the year and adjust my future investment strategies accordingly.

Since most investors diversify their portfolios beyond traditional stocks and bonds to include precious metals and cryptocurrencies, it is recommended to evaluate overall asset (AUM) returns as a criterion to assess whether they have successfully achieved their goals or need to adjust their strategies in the future. The evaluation includes:

What was the overall performance of (AUM) in 2025?

Performance and allocation of various assets in 2025

Should asset allocation types and proportions be adjusted in 2026?

Are there new investment strategies and targets to research in 2026?

As we move into 2026, emerging from the frenzy of AI and the cooling benefits of inflation, the “Trump effect” and geopolitical fragmentation still test investors. 2026 will be a period that demands stronger fundamentals and sharper eyes for selecting investment targets.

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