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commodity · 4 assets

Market overview

+1777% since 1998-09 · 4 assets, equal-weighted

977961,4952,195
1998-092026-09 · 1,877

DCA Backtest

Invested
$28,900
Value today
$140,689
Return
+386.8%
Months invested
289

Scenarios

Inflation — the same contributions merely keeping pace with CPI would be $43,056 today, so the real (inflation-adjusted) return is +226.8%.

Lump sum instead — $28,900 all at once in Sep 1998: $542,499 (+1777.2%) — lump sum came out ahead.

Worst timing — same monthly amount started at the all-time high (Jan 2026): $689.72 on $700 invested (-1.5%).

Backtests use monthly closing prices. Stock dividends aren’t reinvested, so long-run equity returns are understated.

Hypothetical — this backtests the group’s cap-weighted index, which isn’t directly investable. A real tracker fund adds fees and tracking difference, and the index only spans months where enough members have history.

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