The Crude Oil vs. Gold Ratio

Metal Market Report
Few make mention of the ratio of crude oil to gold. The traditional relationship has been around ten to one, meaning historically its taken ten barrels of crude oil to buy one ounce of gold. I know that people like to say that in modern times relationships change. These are probably the same people that bought at the high of the NASDAQ bubble and found justification in by price multiples that made absolutely no sense. The simple fact is that until we see a reason to abandon ratio thinking, we like to have history on our side. As such, it is conceivable that at current prices, gold is underpriced by $400 an ounce given that August Crude Oil is trading near $134 a barrel which under this ratio would have gold trading at $1340 an ounce." (7/24/08) Full report here.

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