Most people didn’t notice it… but gold reached its all-time high this month.
You just had to be European to feel the impact…
Regular Stansberry & Associates readers know we like to say, “There are always two sides to a price.” On the one side, there is the product, service, or asset.
On the other, you have the “measuring unit” being used – like dollars, yen, euros, etc.
And it will lead you to start answering questions like, “Did oil rise today?” with “Rise relative to what?”
As you can see from the chart below, when you look at a ratio of the gold price versus euros… gold is rising.
In fact, it’s rising so much that it’s back to its all-time high (reached in 2011)… when priced in euros.
The precious metal is at an all-time high in the eyes of a citizen who uses the currency of the world’s largest economic zone (the European Union).
The price action comes at the same time as European Central Bank Chairman Mario Draghi’s proposal to engage in unlimited bond purchases in the European Union. Mario knows that firing up the printing press is Europe’s only way out of its massive debts and unfunded obligations.
Gold, the only currency that cannot be debased by men like Draghi, continues to rise against “debaseable” paper currencies. Stay long gold.
As we’ve said for years, you can’t solve a debt problem by creating more debt. It can boost markets… sometimes for years. But eventually, the fundamental economic issues (like unemployment) will overpower monetary stimulus.
As legendary speculator Jim Rogers said on CNBC this week, the European monetary union will eventually pay a “terrible price” for the way it’s handled economic problems.
“These guys have been saying the same old garbage for a long time. It’s not a game-changer. It’s good for the market for maybe a month,” Rogers said. “The debt keeps going higher and higher, and eventually we’re all going to pay a terrible price.”
Rogers says the easing will only goose markets for a few months… We think this latest round of easing (especially when the Federal Reserve steps in) could boost markets even longer… As the old adage goes, markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
All this money printing will eventually lead to inflation. And the constant debasement of global currencies will force more money into precious metals.
As we showed you above, we’re already seeing prices move higher in euro terms. The same is true in dollar terms…
Since the beginning of August, gold rose from $1,599 an ounce to around $1,775 today – an 11% increase. Silver is up from $27.87 an ounce to $34.67 over the same time period – a 24% rise.
We’ve been urging our readers to buy gold, silver, and the associated equities leading up to this rally. Steve Sjuggerud said last month that gold stocks looked ready to rally… Investing in gold stocks at that time could result in triple-digit gains, he said.
The big gold stock fund – Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) — is up 22% since then.
– S&A Research
Source: The Growth Stock Wire
