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All That Glitters

By Financial Times 2016 Nalini Sivathasan Charlie Bibby Russell Birkett | March 30, 2016

Humanity’s obsession with gold

Society’s lust for gold has shaped history, through wars, discovering and scientific inquiries. But why do investors continue to hold onto such an idle asset when they could put their cash into more modern, productive investments? Financial Times’ Izabella Kaminska finds out.

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