At the peak, gold bugs – a combination of paranoid investors and others with a fear-based political agenda – were happily predicting gold prices going to $2,000, $3,000, and even to $5,000 in a matter of years. But prices have moved mostly downward since then.
在高峰时期，那些黄金狂人——某些偏执投资者以及其他对政治议程充满恐惧者的集合——都兴致勃勃地预测黄金将在未来几年中不断上涨至2000美元，3000美元，甚至到达5000美元每盎司。但自那以后金价就不断走低。在今年4月，金价还维持在约1300美元每盎司的水平——后来就一直在1400美元以下徘徊，相比于2011年的高点已经下跌了约30%。