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What was the BEST INVESTMENT in 2023? Stocks, Bitcoin or Gold?

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4 min readJan 20, 2024

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Was it best to invest in Stocks, Bitcoin or Gold last year? Check out the 2023 investment returns of Wall Street’s most popular stocks, cryptocurrencies and metals.

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After the turmoil of recent years in the global economy, the world is slowly returning to normal, if there is such a thing in this crazy world. Let’s see how various financial instruments have fared in the past year.

Stocks, cryptocurrencies or gold? Who won in 2023?

Bitcoin, US Stocks and Gold return on investment in 2023
Bitcoin, US Stocks and Gold return on investment in 2023

U.S. stocks yielded nearly 21%, and taking into account dividends even more than 26%. They did much better than Gold, which gained more than 13%. The above-average returns, however, pale next to cryptocurrencies. Ethereum’s price in 2023 has risen by more than 90%, and Bitcoin’s by 157%! The price was pumped up (I think) by the anticipation of the approval of ETFs on BTC which became a reality few days ago.

The stock market and AI-related bull market.

Companies in the S&P 500 were up 24% on average, but those related to technology were even better. Here are the results of Wall…

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