With higher US inflation, a weaker US dollar and geopolitical tensions on the horizon, Wayne Gordon explains why he thinks gold prices will rise even higher in the long term . . . .

Global debt has now reached over 327% of global GDP, $237 trillion. Prior to the financial crisis it was less than $150 trillion. The amount by which it has surged in just one year is the same amount as the ballooning national debt of the United States . . . .

Gold has remained disappointedly range-bound through equity turmoil and rising geopolitical tensions. A flirt above $1360/oz last week was cut short by hawkish Fed minutes but more positive inflation prints could yet kick-start the returns needed to entice meaningful inflows . . . .

Gold is famously correlated inversely to the dollar and since the dollar has been weak of late the price is relatively strong, at just over US$1,340 per ounce . . . .

London's leading physical gold store in St James's has seen a 253% increase in physical gold sales year on year in March 2018 as investors flocked to the safe haven asset, as geopolitical tensions ran high . . . .

A Bundesbank exhibit pays tribute to Germans' deep-seated love of the precious metal while honoring postwar economic prowess . . . .

Donald Trump’s trade policies are breathing new life into precious metals. Measures of 60-day historical volatility for gold and palladium futures climbed to the highest in about a year. Volatility in silver also increased . . . .

Legislation introduced in Congress recently would define the U.S. dollar as a fixed amount of gold, a move that supporters say would help stabilize the monetary system while protecting savers, workers, and investors from the ravages of inflation . . . .

Physical gold demand in most Asian hubs was muted this week, weighed down by stronger prices, despite a slight pick-up in buying in India ahead of the wedding season and a key festival . . . .

Republican Congressman from West Virginia Alex Mooney has proposed a bill “to define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold.” The problem is that the US may not have enough physical gold to back the greenback, an expert tells RT . . . .