Gold just hit its highest daily and weekly close in history. Central banks are stockpiling. Governments are wobbling. The world’s oldest currency is back in charge.
It wasn’t a flare-up or a trader’s stunt. The number came and stayed. Gold clocked out Friday at $3,461 per ounce. That’s no typo. The yellow metal locked in the highest close in history, topping both the daily and the weekly charts. It didn’t whisper. It was a full-throated roar from a market that’s had …