[Jack Black]

GOLD OUTPERFORMS S&P - 73 to 96 inclusive, 05
S&P OUTPERFORMS GOLD - 97 to 02 inclusive
ROUGHLY EQUAL RETURNS - 72, 03-04 inclusive

based on the chart posted above ..

[Toddsterpatriot]

based on the chart posted above ..

Maybe you should have said...

Another way of interpreting that chart is that for a 24 year periods Gold returned more, sometimes a lot more, than the S&P 500.

[Toddsterpatriot]

GOLD OUTPERFORMS S&P - 73 to 96 inclusive,

From 1/1/1973 to 12/31/1996, excluding dividends (which is a huge number compounded over 24 years), the S&P still outperformed gold.

S&P OUTPERFORMS GOLD - 97 to 02 inclusive

Yup.

ROUGHLY EQUAL RETURNS - 72, 03-04 inclusive

1972, gold wins.

2003-2004 gold loses.