Silver and gold remain near all-time lows relative to the stock market despite gold and silver going up and stock indexes going down in Q1 (January through March). As such, it might be wise to allocate a portion of your portfolio to silver and gold now because, at the current ratios, your risk appears to be very low.
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Gold Relative to Stocks: Deeply Undervalued
#$$4$ Here is gold’s ratio to the S&P 500 (The red circle is from Friday, April 8.)
[As you can see from the above chart] the current ratio is basically where it was in 2006 and, as such,] gold remains deeply undervalued relative to the stock market…Silver’s Ratio to Stocks: Historic Opportunity
Here’s the ratio for silver. As you can see, despite its rise in Q1 and the decline in stocks, in the big picture it has barely budged and remains near all-time lows.
Only at the beginning of the new millennia has silver’s ratio to the S&P been lower than it is right now…and, since the ratio is sitting near historic lows, the reversal is likely to be breathtaking, even more than gold’s…
History Says
When the gold and silver ratios to the S&P 500 begin to reverse, stock losses will mount, while gold and silver gains grow. Based on history, the moves will probably be substantial for both sets of investors…Once the reversal in this ratio picks up steam…the average investor…would [probably] dump at least some of their stocks and run to gold and silver [and when you throw in the fact that the average investor crowds in near the end…[then] this reversal could see a serious spike….
Conclusion
Given that bull markets don’t last forever, and that it takes longer to recover from crashes than what many investors think, it might be wise to allocate a portion of your portfolio to silver and gold now because, at the current ratios, your risk appears to be very low…