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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1361093, member: 3011&quot;]I don&#039;t like the S&amp;P500 stock index as an investment, but over the relevant time period as defined by the OP, even a simple stock index fund should be preferred over gold for someone with a 50+ year investment horizon.&nbsp; Gold is deeply into a long term bull market.&nbsp; The stock market, as you have said, is about the same level as a dozen years ago except for the receipt of dividends which have approximated short term bond interest.&nbsp; Stocks have a built in growth mechanism based on the reinvestment of earnings by the companies.&nbsp; That answers the *.............*.&nbsp; Stocks also have an inflation tailwind.&nbsp; Gold has only inflation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I consider all stocks to be passive investments compared to real estate and small business ownership.&nbsp; If by passive you mean something you can buy with no thinking and no attention over a lifetime, then I would say there are no good passive [or active] investments -- including gold.&nbsp; It&#039;s pretty foolish for someone [no, not you] to assume that significant gains can be made without bringing some skill and work to the investment scene regardless of your investment preference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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