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The case for higher US interest rates AND higher gold

Frik Els | April 10, 2014 | 12:19 am Precious Metals Gold 

A number of gold market analysts have made the case that the one major factor influencing the price of gold is US inflation-adjusted interest rates. Some analysts go so far as to say that the correlation is so strong that...

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