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Gold Prices Heading for Two-Month High (GLD)

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Spot gold prices are hovering around $1,733.00/ounce at mid-day today. If that price should stick, it would mark gold’s highest close since early December.

Prices are reacting to remarks from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would continue with its accommodative monetary policy for some time. The near-zero interest rate will likely be retained until late 2014 according to Bernanke. Both policies contribute to the attractiveness of gold, not so much as a hedge against inflation, but as an investment.

The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) is up about 0.7% at $168.48 in a 52-week range of $127.95-$185.85.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for a673b.bigscoots-temp.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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