| From FT: Investors in Europe and North America went on an extraordinary shopping spree for gold coins and bars in the final quarter of last year, snapping up 148.5 tonnes, a jump of 811 per cent compared with the same period in 2007, as the collapse of Lehman Brothers led a massive increase in safe haven buying.
This rush into physical gold by western investors pushed global retail investment up almost 400 per cent to 304.2 tonnes, according to the industry-backed World Gold Council, which released its fourth-quarter Gold Demand Trends report on Wednesday..... Full Article: Source
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