Talk about the gold standard. The history of the precious metal is marked with incredible moments — Cleopatra’s death on a bed of gold in 30 B.C.; the California Gold Rush from 1848; its use to combat ...

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Gold just went on a wild ride. After hitting a record high above $5,600 per ounce in late January, prices crashed nearly 20% in a matter of days, then bounced back above $5,000, only to drop again.

You’re looking at a gold market that has already smashed through old records, and Bank of Montreal is effectively saying: this run may not be over yet. The bank now sees gold “rising near $6,500/oz in ...