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Rich people buy gold. They can afford to. They know the end of the dollar is coming -- sooner or later.

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Losing money in the market is rarely the result of trading a bad strategy, but rather a function of making one bad trade that ultimately blows up your account.

Risk aversion has once against overrun the markets.

The euro, in what has turned into a gauge of confidence over the past several weeks, took the collateral damage amid the capital flight from the currency bloc.

Risk aversion is heating up across financial markets as expected in the aftermath of last week's Federal Reserve monetary policy announcement after Ben Bernanke and company opted not to expand their balance sheet in the face of slowing economic recovery.

The British pound pared the sharp decline from earlier this month, with the exchange rate bouncing back from a fresh yearly low.

The Canadian dollar had a particularly rough week amid the drastic shift to risk-aversion on Thursday and Friday.