In other words, 15.86 barrels of oil buys one ounce of gold.
Oil could rise to about $111 per barrel from today's $104.93 to achieve the perfect balance of 15:1.
Or gold could descend to about $1,575 the ounce to achieve the same thing.
The dollar has been trading in a fairly steady range of 3 percent for much of 2012 to date.
