From Hemscott.com: Gold enjoys a good financial crisis, on that analysts agree, but there is little consensus over the direction of future prices.

Last year, while most commodities prices were hurriedly undoing five-years of gains, gold closed the year up 4% at $869.75 per ounce—not an outstanding performance in its own right but against the backdrop of a global economic downturn the only metal to have gained over the year surely deserves a little applause. …. Full Article: Source