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		pg on July 5, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The silent market crash (S&P 500 against the price... In the graphs comparing stocks to gold, it's important to realize that the gold supply has been increasing.

herdrick on July 5, 2008 | [–]

Not really. At least, the supply of gold increases more slowly than about anything else, especially stocks. Or am I missing your point?

time_management on July 5, 2008 | [–]

This is true, but would actually compel the stock/gold ratio to become more favorable to stocks (except for the fact that the stock supply is also increasing).

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