12/5/09

The nonsensical attraction of gold

The chart shows the gains of the ETF GLD (gold) since March -- the market bottom (click on the chart to enlarge it).

The ETF for global financial stocks, REITs, and metals have outperformed GLD by a huge margin.

My point. Do not get too emotional about gold. You should treat gold as another commodity.

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2 comments:

Ken said...

Post the Fed Announcement - What the Fed is saying is not necessarily bad for equities, but markets look forward, and I think they are no pricing in a lot more growth and recovery than what we may actually get in 2010. Stocks are doing great, but the reality is Main Street is not. Sooner or later Main Street's reality will run into Wall Street's expecations, and we may not like what we see.

www.peterdag.com said...

Stocks reflect the avalablity of liquidity.