With all the talk about gold investing in recent years – which continued unabated this week after the price of the precious metal surged past a record $4,000 per ounce – investors would be forgiven for overlooking their silver investing options. But silver has many of the same benefits a gold investment offers for a fraction of the price. However, that seems to be changing, too. While the advantages of precious metal investments are generally timeless, the costs associated with the specific