| Volatile equity markers, environmental regulations and rising costs for miners create head winds that physical gold doesn’t encounter. One of the big debates of 2011 was whether the performance discrepancy between physical gold prices and gold equities was going to diverge back to normal.
As you may recall, gold equities grossly underperformed gold bullion throughout 2011. For most of the year, gold prices traded anywhere between 15 to 40 percent higher than their equity counterparts...............................................Full Article: Source
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