Gold beats them all -- Cointflation says this century gold has beat everything

Interesting article at coinflation

Www.numismaticnews.net/article/gold-beats-them-all

Since Jan 1 2000 Gold has vastly outperformed everything (by a large margin in fact )

 

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A totally fraudulent article and analysis. It cherry-picks a fortuitous date where gold was low and stocks were high.

Advance the date 2 years and what happens ?

ROLLING PERIODS is how you measure long-term returns, not point measurements.

 

The only real measure you can use productively is the one that measures YOUR buy and sell.

That said, gold has shown many good winning streaks, and particularly when stocks tend to hit a peak after a long run....such as...they are now.

Of course past performance is not a future indicator in all cases, but stocks haven't seen a correction in a LONG time, and now metals are showing appreciations at the same time stocks are.

This is one of the more telling charts, and it's the dollar vs gold. Gold in blue (because they neglect to say that).

What sticks out is the "head and shoulders" patterns that show up in the dollar pretty regularly, and we're coming towards a tail end of another pattern.

http://www.macrotrends.net/1335/dollar-vs-gold-comparison-last-ten-years

 

Sorry but I didnt write the article just thought it was interesting. I always hear people say stocks stocks stocks and I thought it was interesting that even with the crazy run up the dow has been on the last 8 years, gold still beats it.

No matter where they started it could be said they are "cherry-picking" a date but I think starting at Jan 1 2000 was pretty fair.

Since that date Gold has dominated everything. If you started 2 years later I dont know what would win- maybe stocks ? Maybe still Gold. I do know this GSR was much lower back then though.

 

You post a lot of woo woo nonsense about gold. Maybe read some real news?

 

This is a bullion investing section.

I have never once posted anything saying Gold was about to go up 2000% or the comex was about to default on gold or gold would be extinct by 2020 or crying about "manipulation" or any of the other nonsense the silver side regularly posts. This article is FACT about what has happened not made up garbage about what might happen.

Since 1-1-2000 Gold has destroyed every other investment vehicle. If you dont like that fact then there is nothing I can do for you. If you dont like the facts I post feel free to block/ignore.

I realize the silver side will always outnumber the gold side because gold cost a little more than $18 but sour grapes doesnt look good on anyone and this bullion section is not exclusively for silver posts.

 

Apple stock has certainly outperformed gold since that date. Looking at the stock market as a whole is already a fallacy analysis since the market overall doesn't assure success or determine failure of any individual stock.

Also of note that article was written by the communications officer of a company that has a vested interest in selling metals.

 

The interval from 1999-2002 represents gold's post-1980 low. Selecting that as their starting point is the epitome of cherry-picking data.

 

The comparisons of stocks, dollars, and precious metals is inaccurate in my outlook, as precious metals are not a common method of exchange in real life, whereas dollars and stocks are. Compare the worth-volume of stocks traded everyday with that of gold , silver and platinum together. Not even close for precious metals. To invest in currency ( world wide, as precious metal are ) or stocks involve an intense amount of concentration and knowledge. True investment in precious metals by the average person is a "buy it and hide it" scenario rather than the stock slogan ' Don't fall in love with it'. Investment would be to sell it also when the ratio seems profitable. Few do. I traded stock and bullion in the pre-internet days and the time delays for telephone and snail-mail to handle transaction was bad, unless you lived in a major population area within travel time. "Physical Bullion investment" involves shipping etc. for most to buy or sell, so it is done at a low level. Today most bullion investment is done as "paper" and is usually the driving force for the more rapid rise and loss of bullion prices.

Bullion companies want to sell to you when they need the cash, but when their analysis says the price is going down, they change the slant of the articles to 'Buy for the long term' in their email sheets and they change the buyback price lower to accumulate for the next cycle. Every large bullion dealer is deeply immersed in the 'Paper market' as your middleman ( money) and even they sometimes get burned or collapse financially because they started believing their own articles.

The lowman in the chain ( you and I, etc) can not control the future price of any commodity, mint issue coins, artist tokens, rare minerals, land, etc. We just have to be tolerant in learning and understanding finances, and being patient and really thinking about what we hear and read. DO not believe " when it drops another $, i'll back the truck up. " doubtful! The world will end and precious metals will make me the 'Man of the county' . In military summary for survival PMs are small to little , or 'I guarantee the price of this will rise in the next few years' Get it in writing and notarized. Be Suspicious and read . Jim

 

Indeed it is a bullion investing section. In order to be the most informed, you might want to consult with unbiased sources that don't have a vested interest in precious metals. If you get your information from sources that profit from precious metals, you will receive information from them about what a great investment precious metals are.