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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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Though the ratio isn’t a perfect predictor of the stock market’s subsequent 12-month return, it has done a creditable job since 2014.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

The U.S. stock market’s prospects continue to deteriorate, according to the gold-platinum ratio — a relatively obscure indicator with an impressive track record predicting the stock market’s 12-month return.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

The market-timing potential of the gold-platinum ratio was first reported in the Journal of Financial Economics in a study entitled “Gold, platinum and expected stock returns.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Note that the gold-platinum ratio sheds little light on the stock market’s performance over the next month or two.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

By March 2008 the stock market had finally grasped what every mortgage bond salesman had long known: Someone had lost at least $240 billion.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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