Six reasons why gold still looks good

A combination of favourable conditions means that gold could rise as high as $1500/oz in the next few years. Here's why the future looks bright for gold - and how to invest accordingly.

The new century has brought great years for investors in gold, whose annual average price soared from $271 an ounce in 2001 to $604 in 2006.

However, I think it's interesting that generally speaking they've done no better from getting into gold mining shares than if they simply bought into the metal there was none of the gearing effect that one might have expected from improving margins. That was probably because equities generally suffered over much of the period.

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