Musicmystery -> RE: Imagine there's no stock market... (6/5/2010 1:51:50 PM)
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It does not change in value it changes in price. And when you go to redemn it, valued in dollars, you are simply back into the same system you pretend to transcend. $35 in 1946, when gold was pegged, would cost $380.45 in 2009 dollars. $35 in 1971, when the peg ended, would cost $183.35 in 2009 dollars--a loss of 51.8%. Pretending it was still $35, however, sparked the arbitrage threat to the dollar. And it would have made gold a government subsidized investment. Hence the arbitrage opportunity.
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