S&P500, FTSE and Gold

The chart above compares the % price performance, since the official start of the
21st century of:
- US : Standard and Poor’s 500 Index (S&P500)
- UK : Financial Times Stock Exchange Index (FTSE)
- Gold (End of Day - EOD)
- Gold Bugs (HUI - an index of elite gold stocks)
As you can see, the major markets have essentially been flat over the last few years
while gold has more than doubled and the gold stocks in the HUI index have almost quadrupled.