Give your life some lustre when you take in the mountain air at Silver King Hotel in Park City, Utah.

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In 1995, Malone, 66, turned to Diller when he needed to pass on control of his Silver King Communications, the parent company of TV shopping network HSN, due to cable regulations.

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With an impressive 20 percent annualized return, silver is king of the commodity space over the past decade with gold (19 percent annualized) and copper (18 percent annualized) following closely behind.

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