Investment Growth
Pick a purchase date and amount and see what that gold, silver, platinum, palladium or Bitcoin position is worth now — with the annualised return.
Gold trades at $4,356.65 per troy ounce as of 5:00 PM ET on September 22, 2026; pick any purchase date since 1968 above to see what a position bought then is worth now and its annualised return.
- Gain / loss
- +$14,542.81 · 15.54×
- Annualised return (CAGR)
- 10.79% over 26.8 years
- Gold price then
- $280.30
- Gold price now
- $4,356.65
Spot to spot, in nominal US dollars. Real-world returns are lower after dealer premiums, storage and taxes, and inflation reduces the purchasing power of the gain.
About the data
Gold and silver use daily LBMA fixes back to 1968, platinum and palladium back to 1990, and Bitcoin and Ethereum daily closes from their first traded years. “Today” uses the live spot price so the result moves with the market. If your chosen month falls before the series begins, the earliest price is used and shown.
How it’s calculated
Value today = amount invested ÷ price on purchase date × price today. Annualised return (CAGR) = (value today ÷ amount)^(1 ÷ years) − 1.
Prices are live spot from Metals.dev; dealer bid and ask from Texas Precious Metals; crypto from CoinGecko. Every figure on this page is timestamped and nothing is estimated when a feed is unavailable.
Frequently asked questions
What data does this use?
Daily LBMA gold and silver fixes back to 1968, platinum and palladium fixes back to 1990, and daily crypto closes, all in US dollars, from GoldPrice.com’s own price history — the same series behind the charts.
Does it account for premiums, storage or taxes?
No. It compares spot to spot. Real returns are lower after the dealer premium on purchase, any storage or insurance, the buy-back discount on sale and capital-gains tax.
What if there was no price on my exact date?
Markets close on weekends and holidays, so the calculator uses the nearest trading day on or before the date you choose and tells you which one it used.
All calculations use live market prices and are estimates. Actual dealer prices, premiums and refining charges vary. Nothing on this page is investment advice.