What happened to market sentiment when gold went to $700 last time. <A HREF="http://goldprice.org/30-year-gold-price-history.html" target="_blank">http://goldprice.org/30-year-gold-price-history.html</A> The year was 1980. Yep we had the second oil price shock <A HREF="http://www.oilnergy.com/" target="_blank">http://www.oilnergy.com/</A> copper prices spiked with the oil prices as well <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/copper/240798.pdf" target="_blank">http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/copper/240798.pdf</A> AMGN and DNA were the cult stocks that traders loved DOW went no where price wise until 1982 IMO We got some major sideways to go through after overvaluations are let out. Next we will hear about compression in P/E ratios as interest rates rise to combat commodities rises And if you don't think interest rates will go up to combat commodities price rises look here. <A HREF="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/WDISCRT/118" target="_blank">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/WDISCRT/118</A>