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Gold Will Shine in 2009 (Part II)

Many articles are making similar predictions with reference to Fed actions and resultant inflation when all that money escapes from the Banks. My question is always "When?". But really, the question should be "what are the indicators for the onset of inflation for the price of goods and services, and what do those indicators do?".

T.C.

The Real Story of Precious Metals' Returns

Gold, Oil, Corn, Dollar, Euro, Yuan, Stocks, Bonds, etc, etc, etc ad nauseam - all floating up and down against each other by the minute, the day, month, year, decade, century, etc.

All have been presented at some time or other, in various combinations and ratios over various time-periods to make some behavioral point and/or to portend the future.

To a non-economist, it's all very confusing . . . . is there really not any single asset in this world that can be considered absolutely constant in it's value to mankind, against which all other assets can be meaningfully compared?

(when I was younger, it was claimed that the Mars bar was such an asset, but my question above is a little more serious).

T.C.