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Hedge funds amp up gold holdings as prices soar: ‘The only way gold can go is up’

Stone Mountain Capital is among hedge funds and other firms piling into gold, sending prices to multi-year highs

Hedge funds amp up gold holdings as prices soar: ‘The only way gold can go is up’
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Oliver Fochler, CEO and managing partner of hedge fund adviser Stone Mountain Capital, said he had increased his holding of gold by nearly 50% since the beginning of last year, driven by bets that an expansion in quantitative easing would diminish the value of currencies and push inflation higher.

It was a winning strategy, and he says there are more gains to come.

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