You didn't mention precious metals but you didn't have to. In comparing 5-year charts for Gold and the DOW, stocks win.
When the stock market collapses and the fiat currency is worthless, you will wish you had gold.
“In comparing 5-year charts for Gold and the DOW, stocks win. “
Same thing was said in 2007-2008...just before a massive stock collapse and many people lost everything.
Gold isn’t an investment. It is a hedge against a collapse.
The fed is propping up the markets with $1+ trillion every year. The stock market is valued at about $15 trillion. The fed has pumped in over $4 trillion, or about 25% of the market’s value. That is a massive pump, entitled to a massive dump. The fed could collapse the markets and easily own half the US economy by buying up another 25% at deflated prices once the dump happens.
Communism by the numbers.
Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
PM's have more value than fiat. Bubble stocks have value as long as there is a greater fool around. The ups and downs don't really concern me, I accumulate PMs and generally also leave my stocks alone since I chose them for longer term value.