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Investing in gold: cases for and against

Last week, exploring gold as an investment, I dug up some interesting facts about the yellow metal and looked at the history of the gold price over the last half-century. Today I focus on the pros and cons of investing in gold and the direct and indirect ways in which you can invest.

Many investors turn to gold as a “hedge” against falling or volatile equity markets. It’s a widely held perception that there is a strong negative correlation between equities and the gold price: when one goes

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