" Gold fever" sweeping across world.The international gold price topped the 1,200-US-dollar an ounce mark on Wednesday, hitting an all time high.Trading markets worldwide, from the United States to Europe, and from Asia to Australia, are all resounded with exclamations that "the price of gold, going up! going up! and again going up!"Gold price rose to 1201.63 US dollars on London Bullion Market on Wednesday, whereas in the New York Mercantile Exchange, February gold futures contract surged 16.70 dollars an ounce to 1216.90 dollars an ounce; Singapore gold spot price rose as much as by 1.6 percent to 1215.85 dollars an ounce.So, the world gold price has risen nearly 40 percent so far this year. more »