As early as 30 years ago, the price of gold was speculated by Wall Street to more than $850 per ounce, so the argument that gold is anti-inflation depends entirely on when investors buy it. If you buy at the price of $300 an ounce, you will naturally make a profit, while if you buy at the high price of $7,800 an ounce, you will lose a lot. Because $700 to $800 in the 1980s is equivalent to $2,600 to $2,800 now according to the inflation rate in these years, it is obviously impossible to preserve the value.
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On June 5,438+1October, 2005, the international gold price was about US$ 428/ounce, and on February 3 1 April, the international gold price rose to about US$182/ounce, an increase of176. Suppose an investor invested 10000 yuan to buy gold ten years ago, and will make a profit of about 1 1340 yuan ten years later.
In contrast, in the same decade, although A shares have experienced ups and downs, they finally outperformed the growth rate of gold investment with the growth rate of Shanghai Composite Index 155.4%. It is estimated that if you invest 10000 yuan in the stock market for ten years, you can make an average profit of 15540 yuan.
However, if investors choose prudent bank savings and deposit 65,438+00,000 yuan in the bank, the highest income after ten years can reach 5,365,438+04.06 yuan according to the current 5-year time deposit rate of 4.75%. To sum up, the return on investment of gold is higher than that of bank savings, but it doesn't seem to be very attractive compared with high-risk and high-yield stock investment.
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