Brent is up 75% this year after the Strait of Hormuz closed. It was also the most volatile of the four: 63% annualized vs 47% for Bitcoin.
Bitcoin took the scenic route: -22% by the end of Q1, -33% at the June low, then a comeback to -3.6%. The S&P 500 quietly made +12.6%, and gold gave back its entire January record run to sit at -1%.
$1,000 on January 1 is now
— Oil: $1,752
— S&P 500: $1,126
— Gold: $990
— Bitcoin: $964