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Gold Breaks a 40-year Correlation. Does This Signal a Problem for SP 500 Forward Returns ?

December 25, 2025 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

It’s difficult not to look at this Trendspider chart and not be be bullish gold, silver and platinum. Although this…

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Posted in: Gold, SP 500 annual return

International Returns Starting to Shine, But Probably Not Like March, 2000 through 2007

May 4, 2025 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

The above asset-class return quilt was posted to X late last week by FinGenAI (@ackmeni), and is originally sourced from…

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Posted in: GLD, Gold, International (Non-US), International Equity (JFEAX)

Gold’s 10-year return: -0.21%

August 15, 2021 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

Per the Morningstar performance data, gold’s 10-year return turned negative this week, to -0.21% as of Friday, August 13, 2021.…

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Posted in: GLD, Gold

In a One-Way Stock Market, Look for “Uncorrelated Assets” – Part I

May 11, 2021 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

Channeling my inner Harry Markowitz (that’s a joke by the way, referencing the seminal mean – variance work Markowitz did…

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Posted in: Correlation, EEM, Emerging Market ETF's (EEM, Emerging Markets, GLD, Gold, Oakmark International, VWO)

Some Perspective on Gold, Perhaps Contrary to Popular Thinking

November 26, 2019 Brian Gilmartin Leave a comment

Contrary to most investors thinking that gold is primarily an inflation hedge, thinking about gold and its correlation to long-term…

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Posted in: GLD, Gold

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