Gold Return Calculator
Use the Gold Return Calculator to compute the
return, annualized return plus a summary of winning (profitable)
and losing (unprofitable) buy and sell combinations for monthly gold prices that start January 1971. Monthly gold prices from Investing.com.
| Gold Return Results | |
|---|---|
| Start Date | 8/1/2006 |
| Start Price | $626.90 |
| End Date | 8/1/2026 |
| End Price | $4,107.00 |
| # Monthly Prices | 241 |
| Initial One-time Investment | $1,000.00 |
| Ounces of Gold Purchased | 1.595151 |
| Min Month | 9/1/2006 |
| Min Price | $598.30 |
| Max Month | 2/1/2026 |
| Max Price | $5,277.90 |
| Total Return | 555.13% |
| Annualized Return | 9.81% |
| Current Value of $1,000.00 Investment | $6,551 |
| Number Returns | 28,920 |
| Average Return | 68.04% |
| Minimum Return | -41.83% |
| Maximum Return | 782.15% |
| Number Profitable Returns | 24,256 |
| Percent Profitable Retuuns | 83.87% |
| Number Unprofitable Returns | 4,664 |
| Percent Unprofitable Returns | 16.13% |
| Profitable to Unprofitable Ratio | 5.20 |