1.   Gold is seen by many investors as a safe haven in times of economic and political instability.

2.   And with millions of affluent boomers nearing the retirement threshold, the builders are seeing gold.

3.   Art Farber, circulation director for The Alameda Newspaper Group that includes the Oakland Tribune, also sees gold in the silver-and-black.

4.   But at least one executive recruiter saw gold where other people saw gray.

5.   But Community Newspaper and others see gold in the steady if unspectacular cash flow of small businesses that often operate with little or no competition.

6.   But then I told him that we had not seen any gold, and I gently asked him where it was and how he was going to get it.

7.   But with uncertainty roiling the Japanese economy, some investors see gold as a rock to cling to.

8.   Charles Cawley has long seen gold where others see lead, mining the overlooked business opportunity to the hilt and making it pay off handsomely.

9.   Even so, Leonard sees gold as a good long-term investment.

10.   Gold is seen as a hedge against inflation.