| Shorting gold when it rose to a record $1,895 per ounce on September 6, 2011 would have been a great trade, with the benefit of hindsight. It is down to $1,305 currently, with most of the decline occurring last year after the bulls lost their confidence in the precious metal when it didn’t soar after ECB President Mario Draghi’s whatever-it-takes speech and on the introduction of Abenomics.
A few contrarians I know are turning bullish on gold. They note that both the price of gold and the price of silver seem to be finding support at their 2013 lows. Silver is back at that low. However, it settled at its highest level in a month on Wednesday, buoyed by a report that said physical demand for the metal rose to a record last year...............................................Full Article: Source
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