Gold Bugs And S&P 500 About To Change Trend? By: TalkMarkets August 20, 2015 at 11:16 AM EDT S&P 500/Gold Bugs ratio trended lower from 2000 to 2011, reflecting that the Gold Bugs index was stronger than the S&P 500 for over a decade. Read More >> Related Stocks: SPDR GOLD Standard & Poors 500