Even including today’s BLS-inspired attack, gold is outperforming the S&P 500 by around 4% so far in 2015:
Add that to the 2014 gold performance, which contrary to most people’s preconceptions wasn’t bad at all. Fact is, gold’s bad rep mostly comes from a period that’s now seven quarters in the past.
It’s not silver
It’s not copper
It’s not oil.
That’s because it’s not a commodity.