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Dollar strength alone is a poor reason to dismiss gold

A common response to our positive view on gold is that the precious metal is bound to struggle in an environment of dollar strength, especially if this strength is due to increases in US interest rates. However, while early Fed tightening is probably the biggest single threat to the gold price this year, we continue to expect other, more favourable factors to dominate over 2015 as a whole.


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