The Tell: Gold is setting records dating back over 5,000 years “” against silver

The Tell: Gold is setting records dating back over 5,000 years “” against silver

Gold hasn't been such a terrific hedge of late against the turmoil from the coronavirus pandemic that has upended financial markets.. But where gold is looking lustrous is relative to silver. According to Marshall Gittler, head of investment research at BDSwiss, the ratio of gold to silver is the highest it's been for 5,120 years.. Yes there's data back into Pharaoh Menes' time in ancient Egypt, when the ratio was a more modest 2.5, and it was 6 in King Hammurabi's day in Babylon.. On Tuesday morning, the ratio slipped to 119.. Gittler said the best correlation he has found is with the 10-year U.S. breakeven inflation rate - but the gold-to-silver ratio goes up when inflation expectations are down.. "Lower expected inflation would mean a) central banks cut their policy rates, and lower interest rates tend to boost the gold price, and b) lower expected inflation probably stems from lower expected economic activity, which might imply less industrial demand for silver - although I must admit I couldn't find a clear link between industrial activity and the price of silver," he writes.. Aakash Doshi, an analyst at Citi, also pointed to that connection with expected inflation.. "Even as the