Skol/Blackcap, then we are in agreement, I was responding to Skol's statement that EVERYTHING returns to a mean & clearly it doesn't. Yes companies have earnings & they can also incur losses. Currencies also have earnings as in interest rates, gold has an interest rate although like the USD it has been around zero for some time. To be honest I'm not sure on gold from here short term, it needs to break & hold $1350 for mine otherwise it will test $1280 again.