Fermion
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I look at long trends not speculative hype of few years.
But I will give you nice speculative range Gold around 1980 800 bucks in 2003 it was 400. Total return loss of 50% in 23 years.
And how many dividends did gold holders collect during that time?
US equities never ever had 23 years of being at loss AFTER inflation.
And an I-bond today is paying 0%. In 20 years an EE bond is only going to be worth double. A 5 year CD today doesn't even keep up with average inflation.
Why are you comparing gold to stocks? How much is Kodak stock worth today if you held it since 1980?