#scarcity

#scarcity

The short answer is that gold is acting as a haven and a store of value, a role it's played for thousands of years, since the kingdom of Lydia started churning out gold coins in the sixth century BC. Investors can be a jumpy lot, and there are plenty of reasons to shift money out of riskier assets today from fears of economic slowdown to rising geopolitical tensions between Russia and Nato.