How do you know when the stock market has bottomed?  If you look at the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in relation to gold, you might get a clue.  The Dow to gold price ratio has bottomed in the single digits as paper assets were most out of favor.  Could it be that the most recent bottom in the stock market in March 2009 was a long term bottom?  Read about the Dow to gold price ratio and draw your own conclusions.