Over the past few years, markets have been on a wild ride. The price of gold has soared to record highs. Bitcoin is trading above US$100,000 (about A$150,000), at levels that once seemed unthinkable.
Hype about artificial intelligence (AI) has put a rocket under tech stocks. US chip maker Nvidia is worth more than Australia’s entire stock market combined.
Obviously, this doesn’t tell us anything about where these investments are headed in the future. There are now even widespread concerns AI investment may be driving a bubble.
Still, if you did have a time machine, what would be the best way to go back and invest some cash?
We’ve crunched the numbers on a range of popular investment options to see how they have performed since 2010. The results might surprise you.
The range is staggering
Let’s imagine you had A$1,000 burning a hole in your pocket back in 2010….
