Investors See No Reason to Buy Gold

Two Minute Recap: Reactions to Gold Price Decline

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Why buy gold? That’s a question that’s confounding some traders.

The eight-day rout that’s sent gold to a five-year low has some forecasters expecting more losses. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.’s Barnabas Gan, the most accurate forecaster of precious metals in rankings compiled by Bloomberg, predicts gold will reach $1,050 an ounce by December, a 5.2 percent drop from current levels.