Merryn Talks Money

Gold Is So Popular It’s Making People Nervous

Gold is going up because all the bad things that could happen seem to be happening at once.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Maybe you need more gold?

If you haven’t got a basement full of bullion, you’ll be feeling a bit left out by now. The price of gold is up 43% in the last year, 26% year-to-date and 10% in the last month. That’s a lot in a very short time, but it makes perfect sense (to us at least).