You'd be mad not to buy gold

Not owning gold is a form of insanity! According to Robin Griffiths, a technical strategist at Cazenove Capital.

Despite recent falls in the gold price Robin Griffiths, a technical strategist at Cazenove Capital, reckons that not owning the yellow metal "is a form of insanity".

"It may even show unhealthy masochistic tendencies, which might need medical attention", he told CNBC earlier this week. After hitting a (nominal) all-time high of $1,432 an ounce last month, the yellow metal has slipped back to $1,375, something Griffiths sees as a buying opportunity.

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James McKeigue

James graduated from Keele University with a BA (Hons) in English literature and history, and has a certificate in journalism from the NCTJ. James has worked as a freelance journalist in various Latin American countries.He also had a spell at ITV, as welll as wring for Television Business International and covering the European equity markets for the Forbes.com London bureau. James has travelled extensively in emerging markets, reporting for international energy magazines such as Oil and Gas Investor, and institutional publications such as the Commonwealth Business Environment Report. He is currently the managing editor of LatAm INVESTOR, the UK's only Latin American finance magazine.