Posts Tagged ‘ The Stock Market ’

The Ratio of Gold Prices to the Dow Jones

Apr 21st, 2008 | By Adrian Ash | Category: Gold, Macro Economics
“The infamous Dow/gold ratio just touched its long-run historic average. So which way next amid the Fed’s inflationary melt-up...?” IF WALL STREET STOCKS can surge 160 points on falling earnings, an 11 percent drop in housing starts, and a 16-year record for consumer price inflation, then so can everything else that ...read more

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Baby Boomer Time Bombs

Jan 3rd, 2006 | By Michael Shedlock | Category: Macro Economics
THERE ARE AT least five components to The Baby Boomer Time Bomb: 1. Social Security 2. Medical Expenses 3. Defined Benefit Pension Plans 4. The Stock Market 5. Other Savings Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Social Security and Medicare The nation's health care and Social Security system is about to face a rude wakeup call as the ...read more

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