But what the big stock market declines over the past couple of weeks do seem to have done is generate a return to interest in gold as a safe haven investment. For example, the Dow has crashed by around 6% over the past two weeks and by 9% over the past month. Gold, over the same period, has risen by 5% and a little over 1% respectively, suggesting that investors may again be turning to gold to protect their investment. Perhaps even more so in Asia where markets have fallen even further.