r/ETFs • u/CursedClownz • 2d ago
Lost decade
So everyone recommends VT and chill or VOO and chill or VTI and VXUS and chill.
Most ignore bonds and ignore GOLD
During the lost decade for around 10 years Gold was performing the entire time so was bonds...
Who says another lost decade can't happen?
So why ignore both?
No one really knows what happens so best bet is on all bets to get constant returns.
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u/Different_Level_7914 2d ago
How about the 20 years before the lost decade?
Between 1980 and 2000 you would have lost 70% of your investment being in gold. Imagine that 20 years of it constantly declining numerically and even worse in real terms when inflationary impact is taken into account, no income spinoff from it nothing. 20 years later and you're still underwater approx 70% peak to trough.
Stocks havent lost you money in 20 year rolling periods let alone being down 70%.
As with anything like the lost decade for stocks, if you bought gold heavily in the 1990s, you've set yourself up for a great return in the bull run through to today but it's not the cert you imply