Intraday Market Thoughts
Charting Consumer Confidence vs Oil & Stocks
by
Feb 28, 2012 16:32
Our latest HotChart shows US Consumer confidence hit a 12-month high in Feb, proving yet again that consumer confidence indices (Conference Board's consumer confidence and Univ. of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey) are more impacted by equities rather than price of gasoline. But there is a catch. http://ashraflaidi.com/hot-chart/?a=3141 Meanwhile, Gold continues to decline relative to oil as the Gold/Silver Ratio drops below 49 as warned in this December HotChart http://ashraflaidi.com/hot-chart/?a=2977
Latest IMTs
-
Dollar Takes over from Gold for now
by Ashraf Laidi | Mar 11, 2026 8:57
-
Is that it for Oil?
by Ashraf Laidi | Mar 9, 2026 13:27
-
Oil Metrics & Gold Risks
by Ashraf Laidi | Mar 6, 2026 20:39
-
Oil Inflection 77, 78
by Ashraf Laidi | Mar 5, 2026 12:02
-
Gold Daily, Weekly & GoldBugs
by Ashraf Laidi | Mar 4, 2026 16:35




