For a while now I have been bleating on about the potential benefits of investing in gold. Its price has rallied from around US$340 to over US$900, with a slight correction to its current price of approximately US$831. I have heard many different opinions on gold as an investment, some saying that they cannot see the value of gold, others saying it is too expensive (since it was in the US$400s), while fans discuss the virtues of gold as an investment. It is a currency they say, it is in high demand as jewellery, and there is only a finite supply of this metal.
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