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Don’t Pay Up for Precious Metals Diversification

Gold and silver have exploded in recent years. The contributing factors of low interest rates, economic uncertainty, global
fear and pending inflation have done their share to boost precious metals’ outsized gains relative to the stock market. Gold has rallied more than 150% over the last five years while the broad
stock indexes are all flat to lower, depending on the day. Silver, for its part, has nearly doubled in the last five years. Given our still historic low interest rates and the …