Precious metals investing demands more than just price charts. Tory's research suite — purchasing power, ratios, macro indicators, and historical performance — gives you the analytical grounding to act with confidence.
See exactly how the dollar in your hand has lost ground against gold, silver, and other assets — at any starting date you choose. The single most important question precious metals investors should ask, with a real answer.
The calculator above shows the abstract story — what the dollar has lost against gold over time. These charts show the concrete one: what an ounce of gold actually buys, decade after decade, in the things people actually spend money on.
A loaf of bread, priced in gold over time. The ultimate sanity check on what real money actually preserves.
A dozen eggs measured in gold. A grocery-aisle test of monetary stability — or the lack of it.
Ground beef priced in gold across the decades. Tangible evidence of what hard money looks like at the dinner table.
A gallon of gas paid in gold instead of dollars. The cost stays remarkably constant — only the dollar changes.
The price of a median home, measured in ounces of gold rather than dollars. The dollar's purchasing-power story made visible.
A new car priced in gold over time. Big-ticket consumer goods viewed through a hard-money lens.
One year of college tuition in gold ounces. The dollar cost has exploded; the gold cost tells a far more honest story.
A traditional precious-metals benchmark: an ounce of gold should buy a quality men's suit. This chart tests that claim across more than a century.
Average hourly wages denominated in gold. How much real value an hour of work actually buys, decade by decade.
Median household income in gold ounces. Whether American families are getting richer in real terms — or only on paper.
How precious metals have moved — day to day, year over year, and through seasonal cycles. The foundation for understanding what you actually own.
Real-time and historical spot pricing for gold. The base data point for every other comparison and decision.
Year-by-year price performance — how often gold has positive years, how big the wins and drawdowns are, and how it stacks up across decades.
Average return by calendar month across the historical record. Useful for timing context but not a stand-alone trading signal.
The most useful metals analysis isn't price alone — it's metals relative to other assets. These ratios reveal when gold is expensive, when silver is cheap, and where opportunities are forming.
The classic precious metals ratio. Historically signals when to favor silver (high readings) or gold (low readings) within a metals portfolio.
Gold priced in barrels of oil. A measure of monetary versus energy value through different inflation regimes.
How gold has performed against the broad U.S. equity market. Context for diversification and risk-on / risk-off cycles.
Two hard-asset alternatives to fiat. Comparing performance and volatility profiles helps frame how each fits in a portfolio.
Gold mining equities (GDX) measured against the metal itself. Useful for understanding when miners are over- or underperforming the underlying.
Gold's behavior is best understood against the monetary and economic forces that shape it. Inflation and money supply are the two most important.
The classic inflation-hedge thesis, charted. How gold's price has tracked the official consumer price index over time.
Gold measured against U.S. money supply expansion. The case for gold as a hedge against monetary debasement, in one chart.
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