This link from The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busi...-1226091873604
YOU can't argue with a 6000-year long record of value, or with a 4322 per cent rise over the past 40 years.
Yes, we're harping on about gold again.
The latest news is that the Swiss parliament is being asked to consider a gold franc, which would operate in parallel with the paper one. The move by the Swiss People's Party will reignite the issue of the gold standard. Switzerland decoupled its currency from the yellow metal only 11 years ago
David Blanchflower, a former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, said at the weekend that a third round of quantitative easing looked increasingly likely. The latest US job numbers out on Friday just raise the QE3 probability level. More money printing certainly makes gold look even shinier.