| Retirement amount Jul 1986 | US Dollar Index value Jul 1986 | USD Index value 1000 X Index | ||||||
| $1,000,000.00 | 108.04 | $108,040.00 | ||||||
| Retirement Dollars are worth | Retirement dollars worth in 2002 | |||||||
| $1,080,400.00 | $1,199,800.00 | |||||||
| Future prices Jul 1986 | Relative purchasing power | |||||||
| Gold | 362.7 | $2,978.77 | ||||||
| Unleaded Gas | 0.3 | $3,601,333.33 | ||||||
| CRB Index | 204.4 | $5,285.71 | ||||||
| Jun-07 | ||||||||
| Retriement Dollars are worth | ||||||||
| $818,600.00 | US Dollar Index value Jun 2007 | |||||||
| 81.86 | 81860 | |||||||
| Futures Prices Jun 2007 | Relative Purchasing power | % Decline in relative PP since 1986 | Hedged by selling dollars | Hedged by buying Gold | ||||
| Gold | 669.6 | $1,222.52 | 59 | 45 | 12.8 | |||
| Unleaded Gas | 2.21 | $370,407.24 | 89.7 | 86.4 | 78 | |||
| CCI (New CRB) | 411 | $1,991.73 | 62.5 | 50.3 | 20 | |||