S&P 500 Beating Gold Most Since 1999 on Positive Earnings Woodshedder Tue Apr 3, 2012 9:54pm EST Comments Off on S&P 500 Beating Gold Most Since 1999 on Positive Earnings By Srinivasan Sivabalan and Whitney Kisling – Apr 2, 2012 5:53 PM ET The best first-quarter gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since 1998 sent U.S. stocks above gold by the most in more than a decade, a sign of growing investor confidence in corporate profits as analysts raise earnings estimates for the first time this year. If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on Twitter 2012-04-03 Woodshedder Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn