Copper the New Gold for Paulson?

Chidem Kurdas

John Paulson’s various investment vehicles, ranging from

Paulson Gets Copper from Gold

Chidem Kurdas

John Paulson ended up with copper shares from his investment

Paulson Continues Gold Strategy

Chidem Kurdas

In January John Paulson started to climb out of the deep pool of red ink he got into last year but in February he went the wrong way, in part because gold prices declined. Despite

Soros Down on Gold?

Chidem Kurdas

Nowadays you don’t hear talk of a gold bubble, even though the metal is still at the near-record highs reached this week. The notion that the steep rise of the past year is sign of a bubble was a hot topic just  months ago.

But between political unrest in the Middle East and the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear threat in Japan, gold once more looked like a safe haven. Of course, it will likely take a downward correction once the geopolitical events appear less threatening. How good an investment is gold now?

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Paulson Stays with Gold

That is, NovaGold, the Canadian gold mining company that Paulson & Co. bought into early this year while launching a gold fund. Despite widespread talk of an expanding gold bubble, Paulson & Co. continues to own between 9% to 10% of NovaGold.