Sprott Physical Silver (NYSE:PSLV) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 11.94% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.54%. Currently, Sprott Physical Silver has a market capitalization of $15.21 billion.

Buying $1000 In PSLV: If an investor had bought $1000 of PSLV stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,652.39 today based on a price of $23.84 for PSLV at the time of writing.

Sprott Physical Silver'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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