Comments on: Does Gold Always Go Up In Recessions And Depressions? http://www.tradersnarrative.com/does-gold-always-go-up-in-recessions-and-depressions-2639.html Freshly squeezed market commentary & analysis Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/does-gold-always-go-up-in-recessions-and-depressions-2639.html#comment-40875 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:15:02 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/does-gold-always-go-up-in-recessions-and-depressions-2639.html#comment-40875 jb, the point is that gold, unlike what most people imagine, was flat. jb, the point is that gold, unlike what most people imagine, was flat.

]]> by: jb http://www.tradersnarrative.com/does-gold-always-go-up-in-recessions-and-depressions-2639.html#comment-40843 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:53:29 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/does-gold-always-go-up-in-recessions-and-depressions-2639.html#comment-40843 "The average gain for all ten of the other recessions is 0.16 percent, almost exactly zero." Ok, thats not bad - is it? Sure, as far as the title goes, it doesn't go up in recessions but it seems to have maintained its value well during recessions when everything else falls. I think it may also be a good exercise to see when and why Gold collapsed - that is even more unclear and more interesting...... “The average gain for all ten of the other recessions is 0.16 percent, almost exactly zero.”

Ok, thats not bad - is it?
Sure, as far as the title goes, it doesn’t go up in recessions but it seems to have maintained its value well during recessions when everything else falls.

I think it may also be a good exercise to see when and why Gold collapsed - that is even more unclear and more interesting……

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