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What a Roman centurion's pay says about gold

Michael Allan McCrae | July 14, 2012 | 8:06 pm Precious Metals Gold 

Researchers investigated if gold really has "equity-like" returns by comparing salaries of modern US military personnel and Roman soldiers over 2,000 years ago. While bullion's purchasing power has stayed surprisingly consistent, gold is lousy at compounding. Golden Dilemma, written by...

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