Barry Stuppler

America has chosen Donald Trump to be its next President and the world markets, whether metals, gold, bonds, equities or Forex are all highly volatile . . . .

Sales of the final coin in the U.S. Mint’s 2016 Centennial coin program — the 2016-W Walking Liberty gold half dollar — have gotten underway, and according to the Mint, 43,728 were sold during the first day of sales out of a maximum of 70,000 coins . . . .

If just 2 percent of current Islamic finance assets are allocated to gold, a huge new source of demand – roughly equal to China’s total purchases in 2015 – will soon enter the market. And this could push gold prices higher… a lot higher . . . .

By the end of 2016, 1.6 billion people will likely have a new gold investment standard for the first time in modern history . . . .

Our assumption – along with many others – was that gold would soar on a Trump victory. At first, gold exceeded $1,350 overnight, while the Dow index lost 800 points, but those markets reversed the next day and have gone in opposite directions ever since – with gold down to $1,222 and the Dow at record highs.

The main reason why gold went down is that . . . .

Gold is no longer vulnerable.  It has entered a nice buying area. The $1225 - $1200 price zone is both technically and fundamentally important.  Here’s why . . . .