After years of losses, funds focused on gold and gold miners are up sharply this year as investors snapped gold for protection from a turbulent stock market.
Gold-focused funds were among the best-performing mutual funds in the first quarter. The precious metal is up nearly 17 percent this year and 2.4 percent over the past 12 months.
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