CNBC News reported that a recent investor poll indicated almost 20% would buy and hold gold in 2012.

As quoted in the market news:

Of the 164 investors who took part in Nomura's poll, 19.5 percent said they would choose to buy gold and hold it until the end of the year. Other favored assets were stocks and investment-grade corporate bonds in developed markets, with about 13 percent of responses.

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