Gold and silver can both offer big benefits to your portfolio, but one could make more sense than the other right now. Getty Images Gold has been a hot investment lately.

U.S. stocks are having a rotten 2025, but gold and silver are on a roll. While the S&P 500 has fallen 3.7% year to date, SPDR Gold Shares ETF is up more than 17%, and the iShares Silver Trust is ...

Silver, however, may soon get another shot. Late last month, gold and silver were trading virtually neck and neck in terms of year-to-date gains — with both up more than 14% for the year at the ...

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.

Gold’s record run has left silver behind, and although the white metal hasn’t played catch-up as quickly as many investors had expected, the price ratio between the two metals has held firm ...