Dat edelmetalen zoals goud en zilver zeer goed bestendigd zijn tegen inflatie, valt goed op te maken uit onderstaand artikel. Door de eeuwen heen heeft goud altijd zijn waarde behouden omdat dit nooit bijgedrukt kan worden in tegenstelling tot geld. De waarde van geld is daarom ook gebaseerd op hoop, geloof en vertrouwen - iets waar de media hard zijn best voor doet om dat vertrouwen te behouden (ik hoor Wouter Bos al zeggen hoe goed het gaat met de banken). Echter bij een hyperinflatie, waarbij de waarde van geld ontzettend snel ontwaardt, zal de waarde van edelmetalen zoals goud een veilige haven zijn voor 'spaarders'.

Doe er je voordeel mee.

Gold price relativity - What gold owners can learn from the stock bull market of the 1990s

For contemporary market analysis, history begins in the year 1971 when the dollar was detached from gold and the era of free floating gold and exchange rates began. First, we had a gold bull market which began in 1971 and lasted until roughly the 1982/85 time period. Then we had a stock bull market that began in between 1982/85 and topped in roughly 2000. The current bull market in gold began in 2000 and, if it were to follow form, could be expected to top sometime around 2015-2017.

There is a lesson to be learned from the history of the stock market for contemporary gold investors - particularly those reluctant to purchase gold at the current prices because it seems "too high." Those holding back may be guilty of short-term thinking. Let me tell you why.

Most analysts say the stock bull market began somewhere between the years 1982 and 1985. The Dow Jones Industrial average was trading in the 800 range in 1982. In January, 2000, it peaked during intraday trading at 11,750. Many analysts see the 2000 top as the end of the bull market (See more on this below). Over the period of the bull market, the DJIA rose nearly 15 times over the 18 year period.

If you were to apply the same arithmetic progression to gold from the inception of its bull market in late 2001 (when it traded at roughly $270), a top comparable to the Dow's would put its price in the neighborhood of $4050. ($270 x 15 = $4050.00)

When viewed from this perspective, gold at $750 looks very reasonably priced.

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