From Bloomberg Businessweek:

Gold traders and analysts are the most bullish they've been in at least seven years as investors accumulate metal at the fastest pace since August to protect their wealth from a widening European debt crisis.

Twenty-one of 22 surveyed by Bloomberg expect bullion to rise on the Comex in New York next week, the third consecutive increase and the highest proportion in data going back to April 2004.

Holdings in exchange-traded products backed by gold rose 27.5 metric tons this week, within one percent of the record set almost three months ago, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

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