Pokémon vs the S&P 500
Test a simple what-if: if you bought sealed booster boxes instead of an S&P 500 ETF, which side would be ahead today?
Goal:answer whether sealed Pokémon beat a simple S&P 500 buy-and-hold using the same dollars and dates.
Same starting outlayStart date comes from the setPokémon shown as sold-today cash
Total purchase price.
Boxes purchased.
English sealed sets.
Pick a set first.
To compare:
Amount to spend
Number of boxes
Set
Start month
Fill out the checklist, then compare.
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Which side won after costs
Sale fee, storage, and ETF expense ratio are included.
How the money moved
See the Pokémon path beside the S&P 500 path month by month.
What you would pocket today
Pokémon is treated as cash only at the final sale.
Use the checklist above to finish the required fields.