Front page WSJ story today — World Is Bitten by the Gold Bug:
“Gold continued its upward march in a time of global financial tumult, closing above $1,500 an ounce Thursday for the first time as investors seek safe haven in the metal.
In a remarkable performance for any sort of asset, gold has notched a record high every day this week—on days when investors were alternately gloomy and optimistic. On Monday, as stocks swooned after Standard & Poor’s warned about the credit rating of the U.S., gold reached a new high. It kept rising on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, as stocks soared on impressive corporate earnings.
On Thursday, gold rose $4.90 an ounce to $1,503.20, another nominal record high and its first settlement above $1,500. Gold is up for five straight weeks, and has gained 5.8% so far this year.”
Front page stories are not great usually for investments — although this is the WSJ, not Time or Newsweek. It has much less of a contrarian indication.
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Update: I see this was also in the Guardian this week:
Gold’s glittering history
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Source:
World Is Bitten by the Gold Bug
Carolyn Cui
WSJ, APRIL 22, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704889404576277361924031364.html
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