Current price of silver as of Friday, November 6, 2026
Fortune · Joseph Hostetler ·
With the U.S. economy experiencing unique uncertainty of late, precious metals like silver may be an investment on your radar.
At 7:15 a.m. Eastern Time today, silver exchanged hands at $51.99 per ounce. That’s an 86-cent downtick from 24 hours ago and nearly a $4 gain over the past year.
Historical silver performance
Examine historical data and you’ll see that long-term silver returns just can’t compare to stock market gains. Since 1921, silver has underperformed the S&P 500 by roughly 96%. In other words, matching your investment equally between silver and stocks then would leave the silver portion approximately 96% lower in value today.