Today, the S&P 500 is at 1208. The first time it hit 1200 was in 1998. That means the S&P 500 is at roughly the same level it was in 1998.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean you break even over 13 years — after inflation, you lose a ton. The official inflation rates between 1998 and 2011 equal to about 2.4%.
That means if you put $100,000 into the S&P 500 in 1998, and waited for 13 years, you’d have about $73,560. After waiting about 13 years. That’s pathetic.
That’s also using government data, which grossly underestimates the inflation rate — they lie to make themselves look good. It’s actually worse.
Over that same time period, gold prices were up about 325%.
Over that same time period, silver prices were up about 600%.
If this isn’t enough to convince popular financial minds to consider encouraging investors to have 20-25% of their portfolios in gold and silver, then nothing will. Unfortunately — I don’t think they’ll be convinced.
Does this mean you shouldn’t own stocks? Of course not — cashing in gold and silver while stocks start increasing in value is a fantastic way to make money when their wealth cycle is in play. But they shouldn’t be more than 50% of any portfolio. Gold and silver should be at roughly 25% — that’s what they’re at in my portfolio.
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