Can Gold Regain Its Shine?

Gold has been in a persistent decline since late 2011, which is when investors last really felt a tinge of panic, brought on by the U.S. credit rating downgrade and the thought that maybe, just maybe, the U.S. Treasury would default. Fast forward four years, billions in Federal Reserve bond-buying stimulus and steady climbs in the stock market and the U.S. dollar, and the yellow metal has fallen far out of favor with investors. After dropping below $1,200 an ounce in 2013, it traded in a meander