Bullion rose 21 percent to $1,715.30 an ounce this year on the Comex in New York

Bullion rose 21 percent to $1,715.30 an ounce this year on the Comex in New York, and reached a record $1,923.70 in September. The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities rose 2.5 percent and the MSCI All-Country World Index of equities retreated 9.1 percent. Treasuries returned 9.1 percent, a Bank of America Corp. index shows.