Not everyone's a gold bug, however, especially at these prices.

True, she is a mainstream gold bug in many ways.

Chart of the day: How the old gold bugs lost control.

IT was a cruel end to summer for the gold bugs.

For many gold bugs, though, the debate is beside the point.

Now the silver and gold bugs have got the regulator’s ear.

Later, he must have caught the gold bug, which led to his premature death.

Returns like that would give a gold bug second thoughts.

It’s worth pointing out it was already quite a day for the gold bugs.

On the other hand, the ideas of our modern gold bugs are completely crazy.

You can do a lot without blowing things up, as the gold bugs claimed would happen.

Some of the most entertaining commentary comes from gold bugs.

And it is not just investors who have caught the gold bug – central banks are also getting in on the action.

This market looks like a paradise for gold bugs, but you need to be careful.

Now the technical picture favors gold bugs in the short term too, according to new research.

There is nothing like the threat of inflation to make gold bugs sing.

And I see some gold bugs have joined us.

"The gold bugs have always been there, but the chorus is getting louder," Young said.

Gold bug is no longer 'just for the crazy people'

But like other better people before me, I had been bitten by the gold bug, and now was forced to take the consequences.

Oh do share, I think we have loads of secret gold bugs amongst the readers.

So all those paranoid gold bugs might be quids in?

This is the main argument that gold bugs use to talk up the gold price.

But gold bugs believe that the metal has become seriously oversold.

Last December, many gold bugs were arguing that the price was inevitably headed for $2,000.