Silver the next target of exuberant Reddit social media traders Posted TueTuesday 2 updated WedWednesday 3 Silver prices have recently been trading around eight-year highs. ( Print text only Cancel Early on the morning of September 12, 2001, my home phone didn't stop ringing. I eventually picked it up and my panicked boss wanted me to come into work ASAP. I was a 'desk jockey' for a stockbroking firm and the phones were ringing off the hook. Clients wanted to "sell, sell, sell" following news of the terror attacks overnight in Manhattan. The trading floor was abuzz with a mixture of excitement, uncertainty and unease.