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The price of an ounce — just one ounce — of gold has hit a new record: $3,000. This comes as the stock market faces a lot of volatility amid international trade wars and inflation. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Campbell Harvey, a professor of finance at Duke University, about why the gold market has traditionally been considered a safe haven for investors and how the commodity gets moved around as demand rises.