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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1260847, member: 27832&quot;]Oh, for heaven&#039;s sake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fine, go back to 1973 instead. Gold was, what, $64 an ounce? And a share of Berkshire Hathaway would have run you, hmm... somewhere between $90 (its high in 1973) and $40 (its low in 1974; bad times for BH). Let&#039;s assume for simplicity that an ounce of gold and a share of BH cost the same at the time you bought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold, as we know, has skyrocketed to almost $2000, an increase of close to 3000%.</p><p><br /></p><p>BH, by contrast, has plummeted over 30% from its 2008 high. If you were foolish enough to hang on to it, you&#039;re looking at a measly $100,000 per share, an increase of a mere 150000%.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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