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How Big Is The Gold Market Really?

Summary

• With recent volatility, everyone is jumping on the "hate gold" bandwagon.
• However, the gold market is much larger and much more important than most care to know.
• The Gold market is neither "barbarous" nor a "relic." It is a highly sophisticated, liquid and deep market. It is more important today than ever.

Gold has certainly shown some great volatility recently. And with the recent price drop, there's also been a lot of noise coming from pundits in the gold community. Consequently, this seems to be a great time to ask certain basic questions about this, in many ways, little understood market. For example, just how big is the gold market? What role(s) does gold play in the modern financial frontier? Why does it still matter today?

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