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Re:I Wasted 8 Years of My Life in Crypto by atwrk on Monday December 08, 2025 @05:11AM (#46190558)
$100 put into S&P 500 in 1975 would be about $7500 today, or about $1250 in 1975 dollars.

$100 put into gold in 1975 would be about $2600 today, or about $440 in 1975 dollars.

S&P 500 would have had 3x the returns of gold.

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Re:I Wasted 8 Years of My Life in Crypto by paddleon on Monday December 08, 2025 @11:22AM (#46194183)
check your numbers with a purchase date of 1971.
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