This amount of capital flowing into gold has the potential to push prices up a level in 2012.

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But after a few weeks, the Persian caravan packed up, leaving behind gifts of toasted Iranian pistachios in the shell, chewy gaz nougat and blue-and-gold tins of caviar lettered in flowing Persian script.

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Jessica Jahn has dressed the Egyptians in sculptural black-and-gold hats and breastplates for the royals, and the Israelites in flowing pastel-hued robes.

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Money has been flowing at a dramatic pace into high-yield junk bonds, commodities, and gold.

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That bullish momentum in stocks is keeping investor and trader money flowing into the stock markets at the expense of most other investment assets, including raw commodities and gold.

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That bullish momentum in stocks has been keeping investor and trader money flowing into the stock markets at the expense of most other investment assets, including raw commodities and gold.

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Market tops in the U.S. stock indexes would mean less investor monies flowing into stocks, which would also suggest increased investor and trader demand in other asset classes, such as gold and silver.

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