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FEATURE: Gold and the Fed's rocky relationship

Frik Els | September 20, 2013 | 12:11 am Precious Metals Gold 

The $60 an ounce spike in the gold price after yesterday's announcement by the Federal Reserve of zero cuts to its stimulus program is just the latest example of the yellow metal's sometimes rocky relationship with the US  central bank. The...

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