Bitcoin vs S&P 500 vs Gold

Every investor eventually asks the same question: would my money have done better in Bitcoin, in the stock market, or in gold? This comparator answers it with real historical data. Pick an amount and any starting month since July 2013, and it tracks the same lump sum through all three assets — Bitcoin at its monthly opening prices, the S&P 500 index, and gold at its dollar price per ounce — right up to today. The result cards show where each investment stands now, and the chart shows the journey: how the three assets diverged, crashed, and recovered on completely different schedules.

The three assets play very different roles. The S&P 500 represents ownership in the 500 largest US companies and compounds steadily over decades; gold is the classic store of value that tends to shine when confidence in currencies wavers; Bitcoin — often called digital gold — combines a hard supply cap of 21 million coins with far higher volatility in both directions. Our Bitcoin overview explains why that scarcity matters. Note the comparison is price-only: stock dividends, gold storage costs, and fees are excluded, which flatters different assets in different ways.

If the comparison sparks ideas, dig deeper with our “If You Had Invested” calculator for Bitcoin-only scenarios, or see what steady monthly buying achieves with the Bitcoin DCA calculator — the strategy most long-term holders actually use.