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All That Glitters, Must Be Gold
Submitted by Benzinga staff on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 14:24These markets are crazy. There is no denying it. In the last month, our dollar has decreased by about 2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Index is down about 13%, and the Euro Stoxx 50, a stock index of Eurozone stocks, is down nearly 20%! Crude oil is down over 13%, from nearly $100 per barrel to about $83.50, in a month!
Just today, stocks in Asia and Europe fell broadly as investors dumped risky assets amid renewed concerns that the global economy could slip into lower growth or even the forbidden “R” word - recession.
