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Performance

Compare Gold, Silver, the Gold/Silver ratio, Bitcoin, and the S&P 500 over time.

Performance uses daily market history, not your holdings. It shows how Gold and Silver have moved in your display currency and how they compare with each other and with two common benchmarks.

The data is public market data, for information only. It is not investment advice and does not include your purchase prices or transaction results.

Metal price history

The top section has a separate chart for Gold and Silver.

  • Each chart shows price per kilogram on the left axis and price per troy ounce on the right.
  • The tooltip shows both units for the selected day.
  • Use All, YTD, or a specific year to change the range.
  • Maximum and minimum price pins mark the extremes in the visible range.
  • Curated market-event markers appear as diamonds. Hover a diamond for the headline, summary, impact, and source link where available.
  • Scroll or drag inside the chart to zoom; use the slider or the chart toolbar to reset the view.

Metal price growth

This chart rebases Gold and Silver to 0% at the start of the selected period, then plots the percentage change from that point.

  • All starts from the beginning of the available history in 2000.
  • YTD starts on 1 January of the current year.
  • A specific year starts on 1 January of that year and ends on 31 December.
  • Since Start appears when you have a first transaction. It uses that transaction date as the baseline.
  • Custom opens a date field so you can set your own baseline.

The dashed line at 0% is the baseline. A value above it is a gain from the baseline; a value below it is a loss.

Gold/Silver ratio

The ratio chart divides the Gold price by the Silver price.

  • A higher ratio means Gold is expensive relative to Silver.
  • The tooltip shows the ratio and the change from the previous plotted day.
  • Filters are All, YTD, or a specific year.
  • Maximum and minimum pins mark the range extremes.

The ratio is a relative measure, not a valuation signal. A high or low ratio does not by itself say which metal will outperform next.

Benchmarking vs Gold

These charts compare the growth of a market instrument (ex: Bitcoin, S&P500) with Gold.

  • Use the range slider to choose the start and end years.
  • The default range is the full available .
  • Both series are rebased to 0% at the first available date in the range, so the different price scales do not matter.
  • The pills above the chart show the latest growth for each series and the baseline date.

Instrument data is a benchmark only. It is not part of your BullionFolio holdings.

Data and currency

  • Price history and growth use your display currency from Settings.
  • The daily history starts in 2000 for Gold, Silver, and the S&P 500, and in 2015 for Bitcoin.
  • Charts use daily closes. They are not live intraday prices; the spot prices in the header update separately.
  • The All/YTD/year buttons on the metal charts start at your first transaction year when that is later than 2000, so older years are not offered unnecessarily.
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