Responding to gold's run, investors flood in

Investors have been loving precious metals. Emerging markets not so much.

Both markets tend to move with the dollar, so it seems odd that investors would favor one so highly over the other. Generally, the correlations move together - if the dollar is influencing emerging markets, then it's usually influencing gold, too.

Even though both gold and emerging markets have been on a tear, so far this year precious metals funds have taken in more than $25 billion, a decade-long high. 

The flow into emerging markets is at a record low. Halfway through the year, the outflow from these funds has already surpassed the worst year-to-date flow from 2013. 

The big question is whether it matters. The other times there was a large spread between flows into the two markets, the ratio of GLD to EEM fell back in the months ahead.

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