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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1225831, member: 22143&quot;]So at the beginning of 2000 the S&amp;P was 1398.&nbsp; It&#039;s currently 1318.&nbsp;&nbsp; $10,000 invested over this period in the S&amp;P 500 would have left you with the big sum of $9420.&nbsp; i.e. negative return.&nbsp; This would have been a very bad bet when you add in investment costs and inflation.&nbsp; Even a savings account would have been better.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast, if you had bought $10,000 of gold bullion, you would have $43,340 now.&nbsp; Quite a windfall in comparison.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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