Investors continue to view gold as a substitute currency to preserve purchasing power and as insurance against potential monetary turmoil (e.g. inflation).

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The Fed should be mandated to follow a price rule conducting monetary policy in accordance with sensitive market prices, such as gold and other commodities, maintaining the purchasing power of the dollar without inflation.

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Adjusted for variations in purchasing power parity, the ascent of emerging markets is even more impressive: the International Monetary Fund forecasts that the total GDP of emerging markets could overtake that of the developed economies in 2014.

FORBES: Emerging Market Growth Beats US