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You purchased $100 of gold on February 2, 2015 and $100 of Microsoft stock.  As of today, which one is the better investment?  Give specific information to justify your answer.  Explain – in both a quantitative and qualitative way – what has happened to the price of gold and Microsoft stock during this time period so that someone without the information that you possess could develop a “trendline” in his/her mind.

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