Dow to Gold Ratio: Where Is It Headed? 6 comments
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, measured in how many ounces of gold it takes to buy the 30 stock DOW is up 33% from its 17-year March 6th low of 7.03. Despite that impressive gain, the DOW-Gold ratio remains 79% below its 1999 peak of 44.77
Here is a chart showing the current Dow to Gold Ratio, the ratio of the price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the price of gold. When measured in ounces of Gold, the DOW has been in a secular bear market since peaking in late 1999. (Click charts, courtesy of stockcharts.com, for full size image).
The markets, measured by the S&P500 (S&P500 Charts) and DIJA (DJIA Charts), may have recovered to new highs in 2007, but the DOW:Gold ratio told a different, truer story of just how unhealthy the US economy was. Which way do you think the DOW-Gold ratio is headed? Post your answer here. The DOW/Gold ratio broke out of the "symmetrical triangle" pattern, explained below, when we entered our first recession and the markets were in the March 2000 to October 2002 bear market. The good news is the chart shows the DOW:Gold ratio is very over sold. This 200 Year Dow/Gold Chart courtesy of www.sharelynx.com shows the DOW/Gold ratio from 1800 through August 2008. With the DOW:Gold ratio now at 9.36, it is trading below the green zone in the second chart. The ratio is oversold, but nothing says it can't get more "oversold." More on "Symetrical Triangle" chart patterns: The Bible for technical analysis, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, by Robert Edwards and John Magee, says about 75% of symmetrical triangles are continuation patterns and the rest mark reversals. This book makes a great Gift! The "return to the apex" of the Gold/DOW ratio in late 2001, early 2002 confirmed the technical breakdown of this chart pattern.
CDs have been a "safe haven" for those wishing to preserve assets and get a small inflation adjusted return. See "Very Best CD Rates with FDIC" for a list of the best rates and terms.
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This article has 6 comments:
But it will help you spot trends and give you both Bullish and Bearish patterns and very importantly, what you can expect from a specific pattern.
Charts don't care whether the Markets are being Manipulated or what dire prognostications are made. or Bullish prospects either.
> Lots of repetitiveness, lots of references to graphs and charts which are not inline. Almost impossible to read coherently.<
I submitted the article to my instablog with graphs and they vanished in the edit mode. I don't know why SA changed it as the graphs are still visible on my last DOW:Gold article here at SA: seekingalpha.com/artic...
I added the link to the original article with graphs after I submitted the instablog post with the edit feature. Do you find the original article easier to read with the graphs visible?