April 2, 2025

By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora

Gold Outshines

Please click here for a chart comparing Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ), S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which represents the benchmark stock market index S&P 500 (SPX), bitcoin ETF (IBIT), and gold ETF (GLD).

Note the following:

• The chart shows that for this volatile period since the peak in tech stocks, gold has outperformed as follows:
  • Gold has outperformed SPY by 15.02%.
  • Gold has outperformed QQQ, which represents tech stocks, by 18.13%.
  • Gold has outperformed bitcoin ETF (IBIT) by 19.93%.
• Gold ETF (GLD) is in the ZYX Allocation Model Portfolio.  In the Core Model Portfolio, allocation to GLD has been 5% – 8%.