Originally Posted by Clarkm
Originally Posted by Cheyenne
Originally Posted by Clarkm
I used to say "Gold, guns, and guitars go up at 3% compounded, which is background inflation."


I need to add gunpowder to the list. Re23 went up 16.7%/year compounded over the last 6 years.

Isn't Alliant owned by VSTO? It's up 14.18% in a year, 7.81% YTD. (Still not beating the S&P 500 over the short run, but way ahead of the S&P 500 over 5 years.)

If you think with numbers.....

Magnificent Seven Stock Performance 5 years

Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) 152.29%
Amazon Inc. (AMZN) 80.19%
Apple Inc. (AAPL) 340.40%
Meta Platforms Inc. (META) 137.05%
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) 240.09%
NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) 1094.64%
Tesla Inc. (TSLA) 807.56%

S&P now at 5200.

Pundits predicting the Dow will cross 40,000 within 6 months.