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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Phil Ham, post: 2283606, member: 5787&quot;]Here&#039;s a chart that I created at the beginning of 2015 and I&#039;ve updated for now.&nbsp; It shows the CPI, S&amp;P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and silver value by years since 1980.&nbsp; About 5% of my portfolio is in silver but it is not to get rich.&nbsp; It is more hedge against uncertainty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Year&nbsp; &nbsp; CPI&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; S&amp;P&nbsp; &nbsp; Dow Nadaq Silver</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>1980&nbsp; 82.400&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 136&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 964&nbsp; &nbsp; 202 16.000</p><p>1981&nbsp; 90.900&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 123&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 875&nbsp; &nbsp; 196&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.790</p><p>1982&nbsp; 96.500&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 141&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,047&nbsp; &nbsp; 232 10.750</p><p>1983&nbsp; 99.600&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 165&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,259&nbsp; &nbsp; 279&nbsp;&nbsp; 8.080</p><p>1984 103.900&nbsp; &nbsp; 167&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,212&nbsp; &nbsp; 247&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.830</p><p>1985 107.600&nbsp; &nbsp; 211&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,547&nbsp; &nbsp; 324&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.780</p><p>1986 109.600&nbsp; &nbsp; 242&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,896&nbsp; &nbsp; 349&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.570</p><p>1987 113.600&nbsp; &nbsp; 247&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,939&nbsp; &nbsp; 360&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.760</p><p>1988 118.300&nbsp; &nbsp; 278&nbsp;&nbsp; 2,169&nbsp; &nbsp; 381&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.120</p><p>1989 124.000&nbsp; &nbsp; 353&nbsp;&nbsp; 2,753&nbsp; &nbsp; 455&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.280</p><p>1990 130.700&nbsp; &nbsp; 330&nbsp;&nbsp; 2,634&nbsp; &nbsp; 374&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.060</p><p>1991 136.200&nbsp; &nbsp; 417&nbsp;&nbsp; 3,169&nbsp; &nbsp; 586&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.140</p><p>1992 140.300&nbsp; &nbsp; 436&nbsp;&nbsp; 3,301&nbsp; &nbsp; 677&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.750</p><p>1993 144.500&nbsp; &nbsp; 466&nbsp;&nbsp; 3,754&nbsp; &nbsp; 777&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.040</p><p>1994 148.200&nbsp; &nbsp; 459&nbsp;&nbsp; 3,834&nbsp; &nbsp; 752&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.720</p><p>1995 152.400&nbsp; &nbsp; 616&nbsp;&nbsp; 5,117 1,052&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.250</p><p>1996 156.900&nbsp; &nbsp; 741&nbsp;&nbsp; 6,448 1,291&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.760</p><p>1997 160.500&nbsp; &nbsp; 970&nbsp;&nbsp; 7,908 1,570&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.010</p><p>1998 163.000 1,229&nbsp;&nbsp; 9,181 2,193&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.150</p><p>1999 166.600 1,469 11,497 4,041&nbsp;&nbsp; 5.330</p><p>2000 172.200 1,320 10,769 2,471&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.740</p><p>2001 177.100 1,148 10,022 1,950&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.770</p><p>2002 179.880&nbsp; &nbsp; 880&nbsp;&nbsp; 8,342 1,336&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.700</p><p>2003 183.960 1,112 10,454 2,003&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.320</p><p>2004 188.900 1,212 10,783 2,178&nbsp;&nbsp; 7.980</p><p>2005 195.300 1,248 10,718 2,205&nbsp;&nbsp; 8.420</p><p>2006 201.600 1,418 12,463 2,415 13.700</p><p>2007 207.342 1,468 13,265 2,652 14.690</p><p>2008 215.303&nbsp; &nbsp; 903&nbsp;&nbsp; 8,776 1,577 11.360</p><p>2009 214.537 1,115 10,428 2,269 17.020</p><p>2010 218.056 1,258 11,578 2,653 27.410</p><p>2011 224.939 1,258 12,218 2,605 27.320</p><p>2012 229.594 1,426 13,104 3,020 31.810</p><p>2013 232.957 1,848 16,577 4,177 20.010</p><p>2014 236.736 2,059 17,823 4,635 16.180</p><p>2015 237.838 2,090 17,798 5,127 14.000[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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