Can You Pass The 2011 Gold Quiz?

By Jeff Clark
BIG GOLD


CPM Group recently released their 2011 Gold Yearbook, an invaluable resource for us gold analysts. Mostly a reference book, even a gold enthusiast might find it dry reading. But I loved it, and as I studied it on a plane, I kept finding data that made me perk up.


To have a little fun with it, I thought I’d summarize what I read in the form of a quiz. See how many you can get correct. Regardless of your score, I’m sure you’ll agree with the ramifications each point makes for the gold market.


I’ll start off easy…

1)      The main driver behind rising gold prices over the past decade is:

a)      Increased jewelry demand in India
b)      Greater industrial uses of the metal
c)      Investment demand