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Real Gold Heads East … Far East

Lost in all the fuss about gold prices is the fact that there is strong demand for physical gold worldwide, especially in Asia.
By Ed Moy

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“Many investors in the Western Hemisphere, namely the United States and Europe, abandoned their positions in gold derivatives like exchange-traded funds (ETFs), short contracts and futures for potentially greater gains in the stock market. As a result, ETFs and other financial institutions have sold off a big chunk of their excess physical gold inventories.”

“These investors have long favored physical gold — in coins, jewelry, ingots and bars — due to their history with unstable governments and weak banking systems.”

Read the full piece at MoneyNews.com.

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