Precious Metal Shows No Sign of Losing Its Sheen Gold: Price Explosion High Demand and Inflation Fears Drive Market

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IF the English lexicographer Samuel Johnson was right that "the lust of gold [is] the last corruption of degenerate man", the world must be teeming with degenerates right now.

A speculative rally - fuelled by the prospect of central bank buying, plus strong retail demand in India and China - has pushed up the price of gold by about 25-per cent in the past year.

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Precious Metal Shows No Sign of Losing Its Sheen Gold: Price Explosion High Demand and Inflation Fears Drive Market

When the London Metals Exchange reopened for business on January 4 2005, the spot price for the shiny precious metal was dollars-427 per Troy ounce. It closed at dollars-507 per ounce last Friday.

This rally has been p...

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