| After finishing its best quarter in 30 years, gold extended its gains, rising more than 17.2 percent year-to-date to become the best performing asset class among other commodities, U.S. Treasury bonds and major world currencies and equity indices.
If we are entering a new gold bull market, it would be the first time since the previous one concluded in September 2011, when the metal reached its all-time high of $1,900 per ounce. Since 1970, we’ve seen five gold bull markets, each one lasting an average 63 months and returning an average 385 percent, according to the World Gold Council...............................................Full Article: Source
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