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Gold is expensive insurance against bubbles

The latest surge in the price of gold could be justified by the desire for insurance against the risks of inflationary bubbles developing in other assets, as well as a collapse in the US dollar. But as these risks are probably much lower than generally supposed, we are sticking to our relatively bearish view.

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