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title: Tocqueville Gold Strategy Second Quarter 2018 Investor Letter
description: For most of my 40-year plus experience in the financial market, Gold has been a must-have diversifier. It has its up and down cycles like all asset classes. The shares of the companies that do the mining are at low valuations. The author of this piece, John Hathaway, makes his case for investing.
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August 6, 2018

# Tocqueville Gold Strategy Second Quarter 2018 Investor Letter

For most of my 40-year plus experience in the financial market, Gold has been a must-have...

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For most of my 40-year plus experience in the financial market, Gold has been a must-have diversifier. It has its up and down cycles like all asset classes. The shares of the companies that do the mining are at low valuations. The author of this piece, John Hathaway, makes his case for investing.

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