| Down 9.3% over the past month, the S&P 500 is on the brink of correction territory and other equity markets around the world are faring worse. Elevated market volatility is having the predictable effect of sending investors in search of safe-haven investments and the result, also predictable, is benefiting gold.
Exchange traded funds such as the SPDR Gold Shares, iShares Gold Trust and the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares finished modestly lower last week, but trimmed those losses by soaring last Friday as U.S. stocks tumbled...............................................Full Article: Source
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