As oil gets cheap, gold loses its lustre as an inflation hedge
Talk turns to deflation and investors trade out of gold funds, although speculators remain bullish
New York
GOLD, the ultimate inflation hedge, isn't much use to investors these days.
Oil is in a bear-market freefall that began in June, spearheading the longest commodity slump in at least a generation. The collapse means that instead of the surge in consumer prices that gold buyers have been expecting for much of the past decade, the US is "disinflating", according to Bill Gross, who used to run the world's biggest bond fund.
A gauge of inflation expectations that closely tracks gold is headed for the biggest annual drop since the recession in 2008. While bullion rebounded from a four-year low last month, Goldman Sachs Gro…
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