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Hugo Chavez has ordered some big changes for the country's financial holdings as he looks to bring home a lot of their gold holdings to domestic banks and move a lot of money of the US and into other markets including Russia and China. The moves come as gold's price is near all-time (nominal)...

With the Middle East unrest and investors seeking safety, the effects of the USD have been atypical. The currency actually showed weakness during the unrest with investors looking to commodities or smaller safe havens such as the Swiss Franc instead. This has many speculating that a decline in...