| Gold has been one of the best performing assets of 2016 and is up 15% since 1 January. Gold bugs around the world have been calling this the start of a furious bull market in gold and silver. Today I’m looking at the reasons gold has made this move and whether it will continue.
After the Federal Reserve increased US interest rates in December last year, most of us were expecting multiple rate rises this year. However this hasn’t happened and the Fed has been surprisingly dovish, which has weakened the dollar. The US Dollar index tracks the dollar against a basket of currencies and is down nearly 4% this year...............................................Full Article: Source
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