Gold Up 11% Euro This Year As Currency Wars Intensify

``The dollar-centric nature of most financial media and the tendency to focus on gold solely in dollars would give one the impression that gold has been devastated this year. In dollar terms gold has not fared terribly well, it's true, but that is more a function of the surge in the dollar than of weakness in gold. Gold's performance has been quite good considering the significant strength in the dollar and the gains seen in stock markets''