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Gold remains one of the more "normal" trades this year - following seasonal patterns rather well. It has always been a case that gold tends to strengthen ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and this year seems no different . . . .

The World Gold Council has recently posted its analysis of the continued relevance of gold. As one might expect from the source, the WGC finds that gold is a strategic asset that can play several valuable roles in a portfolio . . . .

China’s growing throng of affluent consumers is driving a rebound in demand for gold rings, bracelets and necklaces as a property boom and high stock market valuations boost wealth in the largest bullion market . . . .

The BANK of ENGLAND announced its latest policy decision in London on Thursday, writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault. In effect it told UK investors and savers to buy gold. Because gold tends to rise when interest rates fail to rise faster than the cost of living . . . .

Goldman Sachs raises their forecast for gold, from a report by analysts Michael Hinds and Jeffrey Currie . . . .

Despite the headwinds of rising interest rates, gold was the best performing metal this week, although down slightly by 1.24 percent.  Gold traders are bullish for the fourth week in a row after the yellow metal posted its biggest monthly advance in five months in January, according to Bloomberg’s weekly survey . . . .

A couple of weeks ago, my Foolish colleague Alan Oscroft asked whether recent large falls in the price of Bitcoin should be taken as a sign for investors to start buying the cryptocurrency. His conclusion? Definitely not. Not only do I agree with him but I think investors should really consider getting some exposure to a different asset . . . .

We have been noting silver’s relatively positive Commitments of Traders (CoT) alignment vs. that of gold. Before Friday’s pervasive market disturbance that likely improved both CoTs, the reading in silver was already constructive . . . .

In my article from 4 months ago about gold versus bond yields, I concluded that gold would reach $1330-1350 from the $1280 level at the time of writing the analysis. So where do we go from here? . . . .

While gold is very close to a major breakout (in price) its strength has not filtered down to silver yet, writes Jordan Roy-Byrne. . . .