The average bull and bear market lengths for gold are 63 and 44 months respectively for the period from 1970 to 2016 according to a report by World Gold Council. The table below shows the bull and bear market cycles and the corresponding returns. Gold closed at $1,789.10 on November 24th in New York per …
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Gold is an important asset class to own in a well-diversified portfolio. Holding even a small percentage of one’s asset in gold can cushion a portfolio when markets volatile. As gold is generally considered as a safe heaven asset class, investors tend to rush into it when equities decline. Simply put, gold is a defensive …
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Gold is an important asset class to own in a well-diversified portfolio. However investors always wonder if gold is better than assets like stocks bonds, stocks and commodities. Gold is also known to be a great asset to beat the raves of inflation. An article in the journal last month noted that gold has underperformed …
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The Top Ten Gold Producing Countries in 2020 is shown in the chart below. It is surprising that China was the top producer with over 368 tonnes followed by Russia and Australia. South Africa, the traditional leader in gold production is missing in this list. In fact, among African countries only Ghana made it to …
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Gold is an important asset class to own in a well diversified portfolio. The performance of gold is negatively co-related to risky assets such as the S&P 500. In this post, let’s review the return of gold vs. the S&P 500 during major crises in the past few decades. Before we get to that a …
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