By David Uberti and Ben Eisen
The Wall Street Journal
via MSN News, Redmond, Washington
Monday, September 15, 2025
Kenneth Pack invested in gold for the first time in April to shield himself from what he saw as the disorder of the new Trump administration. The chaos trade was just heating up.
Even after the stock market recovered from Trump's "Liberation Day" confusion and rose even higher, investors such as Pack have kept plowing money into the precious metal. The Nevada retiree plans to keep holding precious metals and stocks linked to them, which comprise 17% of his portfolio.
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His reasons include the stop-and-start policy rollouts that have at times included several tariff changes in a day.
"Strangeness seems to be the new norm," Pack said.
A modern-day gold rush is stretching from Costco store aisles to underground vaults in London to the flickering screens of Wall Street. Old jewelry now glimmers with potential dollar signs. ...
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