You can see the silver price trends here have been on a rise
2008 Price $16-$19 (18.75%) May to July, $19-$13 (31.5%) July to Sept
2007 Price $13.50-$12.75 (5.5%) May to Sept
2006 Price $14-$9.75 (30,3%) May to June, $$9.75-$13.50 (38.4%) June to Sept
2005 Price $6.90-$7 (1.4%) May to Sept
2004 Price $5.50-$6.75 (22.7%) May to July, $6.75-$6.15 (8.8%) [...]