Gold

Gold has served as money for longer than any government still standing, and that history is most of the reason people still buy it. It generates no yield and does little industrially next to other metals, yet it holds value when currencies weaken, inflation bites or markets panic, which is why investors treat it as a hedge rather than a growth asset. Central banks hold thousands of tons in reserve, and their buying has become a major swing factor in the price. Jewelry demand, concentrated in India and China, absorbs a large chunk of annual supply, while electronics and dentistry take a smaller share. Priced in US dollars per troy ounce, gold usually moves against the dollar and against real interest rates: when the return on safe bonds falls, holding a metal that pays nothing costs less.

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