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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3448974, member: 27832"]Yup, those self-styled investment geniuses, ain't they silly? Just look at gold and silver vs. the Dow and S&P.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]915977[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold is gold, silver is silver, Dow is blue, S&P is red. </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, wait -- that's comparing to stocks <i>ignoring any returns</i> like dividends. Let's see what the charts look like once you re-invest dividends. Here, black is Wilshire Large-Cap, a total-return index. (All data from <a href="https://www.longtermtrends.net/stocks-vs-gold-comparison/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.longtermtrends.net/stocks-vs-gold-comparison/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]915978[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Huh. Sure wish <i>I</i> was a genius. But about the best I can do is hitch onto that there total-return gravy train, and leave the drivin' to the folks with the good records...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3448974, member: 27832"]Yup, those self-styled investment geniuses, ain't they silly? Just look at gold and silver vs. the Dow and S&P. [ATTACH=full]915977[/ATTACH] Gold is gold, silver is silver, Dow is blue, S&P is red. Oh, wait -- that's comparing to stocks [I]ignoring any returns[/I] like dividends. Let's see what the charts look like once you re-invest dividends. Here, black is Wilshire Large-Cap, a total-return index. (All data from [URL='https://www.longtermtrends.net/stocks-vs-gold-comparison/']here[/URL].) [ATTACH=full]915978[/ATTACH] Huh. Sure wish [I]I[/I] was a genius. But about the best I can do is hitch onto that there total-return gravy train, and leave the drivin' to the folks with the good records...[/QUOTE]
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