Stocks, gold or crypto? The last 3 years’ returns have a surprising answer

What happened: CoinDCX compared returns across stocks, gold, silver, Bitcoin and Ethereum, finding rankings shift by time frame. Bitcoin led on a three-year basis, while silver and gold outperformed crypto over the past year. Key numbers: Ethereum returned 72.69% over three years. Why it matters: Minal Thukral of CoinDCX said Bitcoin's contrasting one-year and three-year returns show the importance of assessing assets across different investment horizons rather than drawing conclusions from a single period, and that market cycles influence performance.

CoinDCX compared returns across stocks, gold, silver, Bitcoin and Ethereum, finding rankings shift by time frame. Bitcoin led on a three-year basis, while silver and gold outperformed crypto over the past year.

Minal Thukral of CoinDCX said Bitcoin's contrasting one-year and three-year returns show the importance of assessing assets across different investment horizons rather than drawing conclusions from a single period, and that market cycles influence performance.