Commentary Inflation fears have helped remove some of the tarnish from silver stocks, putting a shine back into precious metal firms. Silver prices surged this month, shooting up from just below $23 an ounce to over $25 an ounce. The move was unusual for silver, which typically follows bullish movements in gold and other precious metals. But when the market made its critical turn to the upside in early February, silver led the way and continued pushing sharply higher, while gold retested its low for the month, before finally making a firm move to join the bullish party that silver started. Gold and silver bulls have mostly hammered home a single—but for some, very convincing—argument over the past couple of years: Central banks printing money out of thin air will inevitably lead to extremely high inflation, which will catapult the prices of precious metals—the ultimate inflation hedge—ever higher. Price predictions …