Investors are buying gold again as concerns about a slowing global economy are putting a premium on safer investments. Gold prices are up 14% since late August, when the Nasdaq Composite Index last hit a fresh record, and stand at their highest level since last April. Gold-focused exchange-traded-funds notched nearly 72 tons of inflows last month, exceeding their total for all of 2018, according to the World Gold Council.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 21, 2019 13:04 UTC