>Gold is up 87 fold over 90 years or so. There is no way to capture that kind of return out of stocks, other than to buy one stock
$1 in gold 90 years ago: $87 today (by your number anyway)
$1 in a basket of stocks that were traded to match the DOW starting 90 years ago: $174 today (from the article's numbers)
Keep in mind this includes the recent 5 year period where gold has shot up and stocks have performed miserably. If we picked different dates, gold would be even further behind.
$1 in gold 90 years ago: $87 today (by your number anyway)
$1 in a basket of stocks that were traded to match the DOW starting 90 years ago: $174 today (from the article's numbers)
Keep in mind this includes the recent 5 year period where gold has shot up and stocks have performed miserably. If we picked different dates, gold would be even further behind.