Gold Bubble

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Submitted by hannahqleblanc on March 28, 2011

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Gold Bubble

Looking at the ten-year bull market in gold, several factors suggest that the rise in gold prices has been not only relatively calm and un-bubble like, but it has actually been a rational reaction to both fundamental problems with Western economies as a whole as well as a lack of acceptable returns on investments in other asset classes. Thus, it would take insights into the sentiment and psychology of investors--along with the long-term trajectory of the world's leading economies, particularly the U.S.--that are impossible to possess. While it may not be possible to rule out that we are in the early stages of such a gold bubble, an analysis of the reasons and causes of any asset bubble,...

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