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<strong>Gold</strong>’s Diversifying Role<br />
Trailing 10 year performance to February 25, 2010<br />
<strong>Gold</strong><br />
+278.1%<br />
CRB Index<br />
+30.7 %<br />
Source: Bloomberg<br />
–15.6%<br />
MSCI World<br />
Equity Index<br />
–17.3%<br />
S&P<br />
3<br />
Global FX Reserves<br />
• 2/3 of FX reserves are in US dollars<br />
• FX reserves are exploding<br />
US$ trillions<br />
8<br />
7<br />
6<br />
• $6 trillion<br />
held by 19<br />
countries<br />
China<br />
2.2<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
$5<br />
trillion<br />
increase<br />
2002-2009<br />
Japan 1.0<br />
Taiwan 0.5<br />
Russia 0.4<br />
1<br />
0<br />
79 89 99 09<br />
Source: DundeeWealth Economics<br />
2009<br />
4
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