If anxiety about the value of financial assets is such that gold - perceived as the last safe haven in the storm - is to soar by almost 50% in four months, heaven help us.

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The Bible describes Eden as an earthly heaven with four rivers flowing from it.

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"After four years are up, heaven knows, " he said.

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