I had to do some research on how to compare assets for 50 years

There is a feature on Stockcharts called price performance.

This chart starts with the US Dollar Index which is show as an absolute value

Then I added the % Performance from 1969 to the present in

Gold
$SPX (Stocks)
$CRB (Commodities)

The results are on the right side expressed in % increase

Manipulate This !

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