"The dollar has been trading up since July, broadly on increasing risk aversion, " said Dustin Reid, senior currency strategist at ABN AMRO. "The dollar has seen a lot of safe haven flows recently.

“为了广泛提高规避风险能力，自七月以来美元已经连续上涨了”荷兰AMRO 资深外汇战略家Dustin Reid表示， “美元成为大量资金流动的避风港。

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In times of falling equity or commodity markets, rising bond yields, inflation or increasing risk aversion, gold shines.

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This increasing risk aversion amplifies an initial price decline -- coming from bad earnings news or the huge rise in credit spreads -- into a rout.

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