Index Funds Can Outperform Cryptocurrencies

Five-Year Change in the Value of Two Stock Market Index Funds and a Typical Cryptocurrency, 2017 to 2022

Chart: Emma Curchin • Note: The change in value is from 8/30/2017 to 8/30/2022. See the article text for more details about the selection of the typical cryptocurrency • Source: Authors' analysis of data from CoinMarketCap and Yahoo Finance.
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