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Gold Is Hitting Records Amid Tariff Uncertainty. Should You Invest?

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Gold’s returns are getting hard to ignore. The precious metal has been hitting record after record, with investors looking to safe-haven assets in the face of uncertain US economic policy.

This week it topped $3,500 an ounce — a more than 40% jump from a year ago — on concerns President Donald Trump’s possible firing of Fed Chair Jerome Powell could trigger a flight from US stocks, bonds and the dollar.