David Fickling, Columnist

Can This Gold Rally Continue?

As the global economy slows and the Fed prepares for a rate cut, there’s reason to be bullish about the yellow metal.

All that glitters.

Photographer: Scott Eells
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For the past six years, there’s been no number more filled with dread for gold bulls than $1,350 an ounce.

Barring a few brief spikes, the metal has struggled to break through that level ever since it came off its run-up to $1,900 between 2011 and 2013.