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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 963574, member: 3011&quot;]But you are playing the same game.&nbsp; You could also assume that a person bought gold when it became legal to do so in the early 70s at a price of about 40.&nbsp; That&#039;s a 29X gain to today while the stock market has gained about 12X [based on the DJIA from 1971 until today].&nbsp; Of course, the stock investor can earn dividends, but a large gold holder can also earn a risk free return by basis-trading on the Comex.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think the point is to &quot;prove&quot; gold is better, but only that there are time periods when one investment outperforms the other.&nbsp; No investment is always best.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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