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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RGJohn777, post: 785022, member: 22102&quot;]<b>Yes but .....is the comparison quite valid??</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;That 1960 silver dime bought a dandy ice cream cone or premium candy bar ( A regular one was only&nbsp; a nickel), or 12 ounce soda pop. It has somewhat held its value because once turned into paper currency it is today worth (at $18 silver) $1.28 and will still buy a regular candy bar or can of pop.&nbsp; It will still buy something. </p><p>-----------</p><p>&nbsp;However, the Dow-Jones is a completely different set of stocks than it was in 1960. Today, you don&#039;t want to own Penn Central railroad, nor Pan-Am airways, nor the other stocks which made up that index at that time. These things are entirely without value today.</p><p>-------</p><p>&nbsp;So I guess my point is that while one of your two items of comparison is the same in both cases, the other is not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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