Still not excessive bullishness among gold timers

Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:06:03 (GMT)

Still not excessive bullishness among gold timers

Sentiment developments in the gold market are getting curiouser and
curiouser, as Alice in Wonderland might say.

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