"Silver is up 25% from a year ago and has room to run higher, with many analysts predicting $40 per ounce by end of year," says Brett Elliott, director of content at precious metals marketplace APMEX.

The price of silver today, as of 9:12 am ET, was $37.00 per ounce. That’s up 0.78% from yesterday’s silver price of $36.71. Compared to last week, the price of silver is down 3.09%, and it’s ...

Silver isn't a better or worse investment than gold now as that determination is often made on a case-by-case basis, dependent on the individual investor and their budget and goals.

Silver has soared to the key milestone of $35 per ounce, reaching its highest level in more than 13 years, propelled by robust industrial demand and ongoing supply deficits, analysts said.

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Silver also has contracts trading at COMEX and NYSE Liffe. The contracts are for 5,000 ounces, and they are traded at both exchanges. COMEX also has an e-mini silver futures contract for 2,500 ounces.

Photo: Lauren A. Little/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images Gold gets all the glory, but silver prices have surged nearly as much this year, up 27% to the highest levels in more than a decade.

If you had invested $5,000 in silver in January 2010, you would have purchased 218.05 ounces. By January 2024, your silver holdings would be worth $5,052—a 1% increase.

While silver doesn't approach the value of gold by weight, it has many industrial applications in fields such as electronics. Here's how to invest in it.

The gold/silver ratio would be 100, because it would take 100 ounces of silver to purchase 1 ounce of gold. As of December 2020, the gold/silver ratio was about 75, down from 114 in April 2020.