As I write this, gold is again taking out eight year highs, but the dollar is at record lows against the euro, so the gold price reflects a weak dollar, and not genuine gold strength. (See CNN: Gold drifts toward 8-year high.)

Silver is doing even better than gold, but I haven't found any news articles to explain it.

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The new Gold Bullion Securities fund (LSE: GBS) isn't