The rising price of gold simply reaffirms investor scepticism about an apparent economic recovery and places the US dollar's position as the world's leading reserve currency further in doubt, F&C's Ted Scott says.
Gold has broken though the $1,000 an ounce barrier for the first time in six months, as doubts grow about the strength of the global recovery.
Following a 70% rally from the lows of March, Asian equities' outperformance gap versus the rest of the world has widened even further, resulting in 31% outperformance for the first seven months of the year.
Most investors are accustomed to reading about the gold and oil markets, but few have considered the benefits of diversifying their portfolios using agricultural commodities.
In difficult market conditions, many investors turn to gold as psychologically it is perceived as ‘safe'.
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