What if you'd put $100 weekly into Bitcoin, Gold, or the S&P 500 over the past 1/3/5 years?
> 1 year (Jan 2025 - Jan 2026):
Invested: $5,200
• Bitcoin: $4,696 (-9.7%)
• Gold: $7,643 (+47%)
• S&P 500: $5,908 (+13.6%)
> 3 years (Jan 2023 - Jan 2026):
Invested: $15,600
• Bitcoin: $27,396 (+75.6%)
• Gold: $31,986 (+105%)
• S&P 500: $20,878 (+33.8%)
> 5 years (Jan 2021 - Jan 2026):
Invested: $26,000
• Bitcoin: $56,727 (+118%)
• Gold: $61,334 (+135.9%)
• S&P 500: $38,344 (+47.5%)
- Gold consistently outperformed across all three timeframes
- Bitcoin's results varied dramatically by duration, negative over 1 year, but more than doubled over 5 years
- S&P 500 provided steady but more modest gains regardless of the investment window.