Historical Bitcoin returns vs Altcoins
In my pursuit to analyse Altcoin returns if you had bought the entire market like an index fund, I just ran some numbers:
Period | Bitcoins | Altcoins |
---|---|---|
Sep 2013-2016 | 470% | 1970% |
Sep 2015-2016 | 170% | 268% |
Sep 2014-2015 | -47% | 20% |
Sep 2013-2014 | 300% | 369% |
I’ve yet to work out risk return on altcoins but I suspect the combined volatility of the entire altcoin market will be quite comparable to Bitcoin’s.