26.11.2008 - Gold emerges as safest bet
From Indiatimes.com: As worries over global slump deepen with many countries slipping into recession, investors have started shifting their fund to gold, better known as a safe heaven. And this is exactly what was witnessed in the Great Depression of 1929. Ninety years back, the Great Depression gripped US and Europe after the big bang crash in US stock markets. People had dumped currencies and rushed for gold, fearing that banks in many countries would fall and their currency would be wiped out..... Full Article: Source
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