GLOBAL - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) is predicting a boom year for the gold market, claiming that a combination of political and economic factors has created market conditions that are "the strongest seen for years".
Graham Birch, head of MLIM's natural resources team, claims that events such as the Enron fiasco and the Argentine debt default have made investors nervous of paper assets. Gold will benefit from t...
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