| Hedge funds cut bets on a gold rally for the first time in six weeks as prices snapped the longest stretch of gains since August 2011. Money managers trimmed their net-long position by 8.5 percent in the week through July 15, U.S. government data show. Prices dropped 2 percent last week, the first loss since May and helping to erase $1.38 billion from the value of exchange-traded products backed by the metal.
Gold climbed 9 percent this year, outpacing gains for commodities, equities and Treasuries, partly as tensions between Ukraine and Russia increased demand for a haven. The gains are set to reverse as the economy improves and the Federal Reserve “eventually” increases U.S. interest rates, the World Bank said in a report July 17...............................................Full Article: Source
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