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The Bank of Russia has more than doubled the pace of gold purchases, bringing the share of bullion in its international reserves to the highest of Putin’s 17 years in power, according to World Gold Council data.

The world may have already produced the most gold in a year it ever will, according to the chairman of the World Gold Council.

The gold rally that began on Dec. 15, 2016, is poised to continue despite the trauma of the flash crash. The crash represents a gift to investors. We now have a better entry point for what will still be much higher gold prices later this year.

Commodities are the cheapest they have been in 50 years and that’s a buy signal. "Buy when there’s blood in the streets even if it’s your own."

Silk Road (China, India, Russia & Turkey) gold consumption.

Gold’s intermediate cycle low is still 6 to 8 weeks away.

For $1,260, an investor will get a piece of paper saying he owns 1 ounce of gold. But he is unlikely to ever see that gold.

The popularity of the GDXJ ETF product has been so overwhelming, VanEck reported they would be changing the index rules to accommodate the increased demand

After a challenging Q4 in 2016 in a context of rising bond yields and a stronger US dollar, gold seems to be getting its shine back in Q1.

2017 has just started but some longer-term trend changes already seem to develop.