In the Margins

Gold ETFs attract record flows

March 2, 2016

By Barron's

Some $7.8 billion flowed into gold exchange-traded funds in February, a record monthly inflow, according to Simon Colvin, an analyst at data firm Markit. Demand for gold and gold-tracking funds this year staged about the most dramatic reversal imaginable. Gold prices finished 2015 near a six-year low and down more than 40% since an all-time high in 2011. Read the original story from Barron's.

 

 

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