Just came across these crazy statistics on how gold's performance.

Caveat - Yes, I am aware that at this point of time, gold is probably at all time highs and these comparisons might go in stock's favor in future but just wanted to share the below data.

From 2000 - 2025, Gold's CAGR has been 13.2% whereas Nifty 50's CAGR has been 12%, keep in mind that 2000-2025 was actually India's best in terms of stock market performance because of rapid financial liberalization + rapid financialization of savings.

https://preview.redd.it/jvqydjf9epsf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=3e936de2e5094ebc3d26b4a98e0dc01e038c95b9

If you invested in gold in 1971 instead of S&P 500, you would have beaten S&P 500, widely considered to be the best stock market index in the world.

https://preview.redd.it/0mc6qtufepsf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=0eeb588fa7afc3ad7197749fc6a649e475b4a380

Source - The Ken newsletter