All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
SLV real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SLV returned +118.90% over the past year and +0.86% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 28, 2006, SLV is up +192.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.49%/yr, and is currently ā38.27% below its real total-return high on Jan. 28, 2026.
| Fri 2006-04-28? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLV × |
+0.86%
2026-05-19 |
+118.90%
2026-05-19 |
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| Fri 2006-04-28? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLV × |
+192.34%
+5.49%/yr |
+0.56%/yr
(R2=0.010) |
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| Fri 2006-04-28? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLV × |
$10,000.00
2006-04-28 |
$29,233.57
2026-05-19 |
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| Year | SLV |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.86% |
| 2025 | +138.29% |
| 2024 | +17.50% |
| 2023 | ā4.29% |
| 2022 | ā3.85% |
| 2021 | ā18.21% |
| 2020 | +45.32% |
| 2019 | +12.31% |
| 2018 | ā10.89% |
| 2017 | +3.63% |
| 2016 | +12.23% |
| 2015 | ā13.05% |
| 2014 | ā20.11% |
| 2013 | ā37.24% |
| 2012 | +7.16% |
| 2011 | ā13.31% |
| 2010 | +79.79% |
| 2009 | +43.76% |
| 2008 | ā23.86% |
| 2007 | +9.76% |
| 2006 | ā7.05% |
| Fri 2006-04-28? to Tue 2026-05-19 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLV × |
ā38.27%
from 2026-01-28 peak |
ā79.36%
2020-03-18 from 2011-04-28 peak |
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| Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLV × | +118.90% |
+118.56% +47.72%/yr |
+178.67% +40.71%/yr |
+109.12% +15.90%/yr |
+206.89% +11.87%/yr |
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