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Flight to gold as investors lose faith in money
The last time gold touched $850 an ounce, the world was visibly spiralling out of control. Soviet tanks had just rolled into Afghanistan. The Mullahs had seized US hostages in Iran. Pax Americana was on the ropes, and so was capitalism. Inflation had reached 14 per cent in the United States.
The final spike in […]
Bush can buy time as property bubble bursts
Bears beware. The New Deal of 2008 is in the works. The US Treasury is about to shower households with rebate cheques to head off a full-blown slump, and save the Bush presidency. On Friday, Mr Bush convened the so-called Plunge Protection Team for its first known meeting in the Oval Office. The black […]
Gold breaks (non inflation adjusted) all time high (for any reason other than monetary inflation).
Gold struck a new all-time peak of almost 868 dollars on Thursday as the precious metal benefited from its safe-haven status amid record high oil, a struggling dollar and Pakistan tensions.
The price of gold reached a historic 867.90 dollars an ounce on the London Bullion Market. It later slipped slightly to stand at 866.90 […]
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