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Frank Holmes: Gold was the most popular asset of 2022

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Frank Holmes
U.S. Global Investors, San Antonio
Wednesday, December 27, 2022

Any way you slice it, 2022 was a turbulent year, from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to historic inflation and jumbo rate hikes to multiple failures in the digital asset space. These have had wide-ranging implications for the world of finance that are sure to carry over into next year.

Through it all, gold managed to help investors limit their losses. The yellow metal was one of the very best assets of 2022, down just 1.5%, compared to a loss of more than 19% for the S&P 500 and loss of around 10% for U.S. government bonds.... Dispatch
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Not uncoincidentally, the most popular stories of 2022 that were published on USFunds.com all had to do in some way with gold, gold-mining stocks, or other hard assets. Below are recaps of the five most popular stories in descending order by page views. ...

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