Using Gold History Graphs For Research And Investment

With the price of gold near all time highs more and more investors are researching gold history graphs to try to interpret future movement. This page will provide you with all of the historical gold graphs you need to educate yourself on past price movements, these are the graphs and resources I use myself. Below you will find current gold spot prices, 30, 60 and 90 day gold charts as well as 1 year to 40+ year charts.

Historical Gold Graphs (Click On The Year / Timeframe You’re Interested In):

Live Gold Spot Price Charts to 1 Year Charts:

The appearance of the highest gold price in history during the summer of 2011 caused an increased interest in this precious metal among many investors and would-be investors. Throughout history, this metal has always been seen as a valuable asset in any portfolio. However, while it has often been nothing more than additional investment that nicely diversified a portfolio, the drastic increase in the value of this metal in recent days has caused many to give it a more prominent place among their investments. Let’s have a look at gold prices through the years below and see what we can learn from them.

Gold prices through years past have fluctuated. However, this phenomenon has taken on a different character since the US government dropped the gold standard in 1971. Previous to that event, gold had been worth about $37 per ounce. By 1975, the value of each ounce of gold had increased to $140. By 1980, gold was worth nearly $600 per ounce.

Advocates of gold investment point this out, and point out the recent climb in gold’s value, as evidence of a certain and undeniable increase in the value of this precious metal. However, people who are less enthusiastic about the value of precious metals have their own gold price graph. It shows how the value of gold plummeted after the early 1980s. It maintained a value below $400 throughout the 1990’s, reaching an average low of $273 in the year 2000.

To many people, this suggests a cyclical rise and fall that we can expect to see again and again in the future. Others will also mention that it was primarily inflation in the 1970’s which caused the value of gold in US dollars to soar. Once inflation was brought under control in the early 1980’s, they point out, the price of gold fell precipitously and stayed low.

2 to 40 Year Gold History Graphs

2 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 4, 2010: $1,121.50, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 2 year period of $471.50 per ounce or 42% gain.

5 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 3, 2007: $639.75, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 5 year period of $958.25 per ounce or 149% gain.

10 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 2, 2002: $278.35, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 10 year period of $1,319.65 per ounce or 474% gain.

15 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 6, 1997: $358.50, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 15 year period of $1,239.50 per ounce or 345% gain.

20 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 2, 1992: $350.90, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 20 year period of $1,247.10 per ounce or 355% gain.

25 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 2, 1987: $403.50, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 25 year period of $1,194.50 per ounce or 296% gain.

30 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 4, 1982: $395.00, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 30 year period of $1,203.00 per ounce or 305% gain.

35 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 4, 1977: $135.70, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 35 year period of $1,462.30 per ounce or 1077% gain.

40 Year Gold History Graph (return to gold graph links)Start Gold Spot Price January 4, 1972: $45.75, End Gold Spot Price January 3, 2012: $1,598.00. Total Gain in this 40 year period of $1,552.25 per ounce or 3092% gain.

It turns out that you can make gold history graphs say a lot of things. Investors moving into gold respond to doubters by admitting that inflation has played a huge role in raising gold prices recently. Their confidence in the continued climb in prices is due to their belief that inflation will not be checked this time. According to their prognostications, the US government has already printed too much money. This time, they suggest, inflation will not stop and the price of gold will continue to climb. They claim that the recent setback in gold prices was just a bump in the road. As consumer prices continue climbing, so will the price of gold.