How Much Would Your Gold Be Worth Today?
What your gold investment would be worth now, in US dollars — and how it stacks up against the S&P 500, savings and inflation. Plus the live international gold & silver price.
Gold wealth tracker · in $ (global)
as of Jun 2026If you'd bought of gold in
Today it would be worth
$38,531
+285%
3.9× your money in ~16 years
Gold vs the S&P 500 since 2010
The same $10,000 put into each, in 2010 — worth as of Jun 2026.
Gold
$38.5K
S&P 500 (TRI)
$92.3K
Equities ahead by
$53.7K
Gold & silver use actual prices. S&P 500 is the Total Return Index estimate (price index + a reinvested dividend of ~1.8% p.a.); on price index alone it would be $68.9K. Savings (~4% p.a.) and inflation (~3% p.a.) are illustrative US assumptions. Gold returns ignore dealer spreads and storage. Past performance does not guarantee future returns — not investment advice.
Did gold beat inflation?
How much real wealth your gold created — above just keeping pace with prices.
Your gold today
$38.5K
Just to keep pace with inflation
$16.2K
Real wealth created
+$22.3K
Gold's best year ($)
+65% in 2025
Gold's worst year ($)
-28% in 2013
So — should you buy gold?
What gold has historically been good — and not good — for. General guidance, not advice.
Long-term wealth protection
Has historically held its value across decades and currencies.
Inflation & currency hedge
Has tended to rise when paper currencies lose value.
Portfolio diversifier
Has often held up when equities fell — smoothing the ride.
Short-term trading
Volatile; can stay flat or fall for years at a stretch.
Regular income
Pays no interest or dividend — a pure price play.
How much gold should you hold?
Conservative
~10%
More gold for stability alongside bonds/cash.
Balanced
5–10%
A steady diversifier next to equity index funds.
Aggressive
≤5%
Lean — let equities do the heavy lifting.
A common rule of thumb is to cap gold at ~10% of a portfolio — enough to diversify without dragging long-run growth. This isn't personalised advice.Plan a monthly SIP
Gold 24K (per 10g)
₹119,970
.999 fine
Gold 22K (per 10g)
₹109,972
.916 — jewellery
Silver (per kg)
₹187,486
.999 fine
International spot price converted at the live exchange rate. Local retail prices add taxes and premiums, so the price you pay will be higher.
gold price history · ₹/10g
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| Year | Gold / 10g | Silver / kg | Gold YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ₹8,994 | ₹18,149 | — |
| 2007 | ₹10,533 | ₹18,668 | +17.1% |
| 2008 | ₹13,653 | ₹17,414 | +29.6% |
| 2009 | ₹16,338 | ₹25,095 | +19.7% |
| 2010 | ₹20,473 | ₹44,531 | +25.3% |
| 2011 | ₹26,681 | ₹47,499 | +30.3% |
| 2012 | ₹29,481 | ₹53,112 | +10.5% |
| 2013 | ₹23,873 | ₹38,413 | -19.0% |
| 2014 | ₹24,124 | ₹31,717 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | ₹22,656 | ₹29,434 | -6.1% |
| 2016 | ₹25,120 | ₹34,809 | +10.9% |
| 2017 | ₹26,812 | ₹35,016 | +6.7% |
| 2018 | ₹28,736 | ₹34,693 | +7.2% |
| 2019 | ₹34,837 | ₹40,874 | +21.2% |
| 2020 | ₹44,510 | ₹61,911 | +27.8% |
| 2021 | ₹43,732 | ₹55,823 | -1.7% |
| 2022 | ₹48,407 | ₹63,477 | +10.7% |
| 2023 | ₹54,571 | ₹63,115 | +12.7% |
| 2024 | ₹72,519 | ₹79,823 | +32.9% |
| 2025 | ₹124,844 | ₹202,419 | +72.2% |
| Today | ₹119,970 | ₹187,486 |
Year-end international spot prices. Source: Year-end COMEX gold (GC=F) & silver (SI=F) futures and FX, via Yahoo Finance.
Understanding the global gold price
How gold is priced
Gold trades around the clock on global markets, quoted in US dollars per troy ounce (~31.1 grams). That international spot price is the benchmark everything else is built on — local retail rates simply add import duties, taxes and dealer premiums on top.
Gold vs equities
Over long US-dollar horizons, broad equities like the S&P 500 have usually out-compounded gold, because companies reinvest profits and pay dividends. Gold doesn't grow a business — its value comes from scarcity and trust, which is why it shines most when currencies and markets wobble.
Why hold gold at all
Gold tends to zig when stocks zag and holds purchasing power as paper money inflates. A small allocation (often 5–10%) can lower a portfolio's swings without giving up much long-run growth.
Gold vs silver
Silver is cheaper per ounce and tends to move more sharply than gold — it's also an industrial metal, so it's more sensitive to the economy. That means bigger gains in good runs and deeper falls in bad ones.
Global gold price — FAQs
Yes — spot gold and silver update about once a minute from public market data, quoted per troy ounce (~31.1 g). The wealth tracker reads gold, silver and the S&P 500 at that same live moment, so the head-to-head stays a fair like-for-like; the year-by-year history is a periodically-refreshed dataset.
In US-dollar terms, equities have outpaced gold over most long windows because stocks compound earnings and reinvested dividends. Gold's role is diversification and inflation/currency protection, not out-growing equities. In rupee terms gold has done relatively better — partly because the rupee weakened — which you can see on the India page.
The S&P 500 price index excludes dividends. The Total Return Index (TRI) reinvests them (~1.8% p.a.) — the fair way to compare a buy-and-hold against no-dividend gold. We show the TRI estimate and note the price-only figure.
Gold has historically preserved value and hedged inflation and currency risk, but it pays no income and can stay flat for years. It's typically a small diversifier (~5–10% of a portfolio), not a core growth holding. This is information, not financial advice.
International spot, in US dollars per troy ounce. Switch the currency at the top of the site to see it in € or £. Local retail prices add import duties, taxes, premiums and dealer spreads, so what you pay will be higher.