If you bought 1 lb of gold in 1970 and sold it today after taxes you would not have kept up with inflation. Also, the S&P 500 does not include dividends. If y

If you bought 1 lb of gold in 1970 and sold it today after taxes you would not have kept up with inflation. Also, the S&P 500 does not include dividends. If you actually buy it's stocks or a fund that tracks the S&P 500 you do much better than the graphs suggest.