Two bits of economic trivia: In Galbraith's class
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And, in my personal research, for what it's worth, I've found that since Certificates of Deposit were introduced, in about 1950, there have been 7 or 8 recessions, I can't remember. And in none of those cases did the onset occur when the national average of CD interest was below 5%. Not causation, but an interesting correlation.
I can't see how the stock market can possibly be up today. People might want to look into inverse ETFs, particularly DOG and SH, as hedges, better, I think than gold.