Those returns were incredibly
volatile — a stock might be down 30 % one year and up 50 % the next — but the power
of owning a well - diversified portfolio
of incredible businesses that churn out real profit, firms such as Coca - Cola, Walt Disney, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson, has rewarded owners far more lucratively
than bonds, real estate, cash equivalents, certificates
of deposit and money markets,
gold and
gold coins, silver, art, or most other asset classes.
Second, the
gold market is much larger, with a value
of more
than $ 7 trillion versus about $ 100 billion for bitcoin, no doubt one
of the reasons why it is much less
volatile.