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Exactly. In 12 months from now stocks may even be worth the roughly same dollars they are today, but the surge in money supply means more dollars chasing the same amount of stock anyway.

The S&P/Gold Spot charts will be the interesting ones to watch over the next few years. While S&P shows consistent 6-7% returns historically, that's valued against the dollar. When you chart it against gold the returns are closer to 3-4%, and there are periods where S&P goes down in value against gold for years at a time.



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