:0) while the correction of gold has been unpleasant, it handily beat a lot of other strategies (long only, short only, naked this, fully covered that, long and short, short and long, relative value, no value, bottom-up fundamental, macro top-down factoids, triple bottom technical, double shoulder mechanical, round-and-round day trade, quaint philosophical, steadfast principle, astro, animal guts, tea leaves, very busy do something, very hectic do anything, etc etc) this year as players twisted, turned, contorted, gyrated, and in general got messed up
whatever else is happening, gold has been true
"Given the recent moves in gold, it might be a healthy reminder to see Gold on a decade-long logarithmic chart. All is well in this case....."

and fine, as long as one did not game with it by trying to be too clever by a quarter, half or three quarters
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