Gold Bet Pays Off as Dollar Tumbles

A woman walking by a box filled with fake 5,000 ruble notes in a marketing stunt. The ruble is gaining this year. 1 of 2 With gold prices hovering around record highs of $1,515 an ounce and the U.S. dollar tumbling against the ruble, a recommendation by Vladimir Putin five years ago to buy more gold looks extraordinarily farsighted. Putin, then the president, […]