Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: March 18 2012 We are back from Washington DC and realize that we could choose different titles for today’s letter. Let’s try a few… Title No.1: “The market proved us wrong” Indeed, we have been, and continue to be ...
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A View from the Trenches
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Martin Sibileau
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Sun, Mar 18 2012
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Filed under: Atlantic, KreditAnstalt, correlation, stocks, central banks, Greece, gold, Fed, financial repression, swaps, price system, 1931, ECB, Hayek, currency swaps
Stocks are off about 80% from their peak, at least as measured in ounces of gold. This chart shows the Dow priced in ounces of gold. Currently, it takes just under 10 ounces of gold to “buy” the Dow. Over time, this ratio has ranged from 1 to over 40. Some investors use this relationship...