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The Key Relationship between US Real Rates and Gold Prices

Sam Kirtley | December 06, 2010 | 8:48 am Precious Metals Gold 

Gold investors tend to focus overwhelmingly on the relationship between the US dollar and gold, citing that a lower dollar leads to higher gold prices in US dollars. Whilst this may be generally true, there is another relationship that does...

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