This summer could be a great time to buy gold

Gold has had a tough time recently. And that’s exactly what you’d expect, says Dominic Frisby. There’s usually a summer lull in the gold market – but the perfect buying opportunity could be just around the corner.

Gold is having an ugly time of it.

Having had a strong spring, it made a "double top" at $1,260 an ounce towards the end of June. And it has spent July in an apparently inexorable decline, noticeably outperformed by other markets.

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