iShares Silver Trust (NYSE:SLV) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.17% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 24.39%. Currently, iShares Silver Trust has a market capitalization of $40.38 billion.

Buying $100 In SLV: If an investor had bought $100 of SLV stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $297.50 today based on a price of $71.34 for SLV at the time of writing.

iShares Silver Trust's Performance Over Last 5 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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