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Since reaching multi-year highs in July, gold has plummeted 17%. Having risen 22% in the first seven months of 2016, many believed the yellow metal had moved too far, too fast . . . .

If you’re trying to make sense of the new world order or of the latest Fed minutes, here’s some good news: A few gold watchers have it all sorted out . . . .

The Donald J. Trump era is marking a new age for gold as an investor safe haven . . . .

Gold hit a two-week high on Friday on a weaker dollar and was set to close 2016 about 9 percent higher, snapping three years of declines . . . .

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, has been an active investor in gold and gold-mining stocks, often seen as a hedge against collapsing currency . . . .

In more ways than one, 2016 was a roller coaster year. One need only look at gold’s performance to confirm this. After rallying more than 30 percent in the first half, the precious metal stalled in the days before the U.S. election, then retreated on a weekly basis, under pressure from a strengthening dollar and tightening monetary policy . . . .

Swiss bank UBS looks for gold to average $1,350 an ounce in 2017, characterizing the metal as down but not out after significant price declines over the last few weeks . . . .

Debt issued behaves like printed money until that debt is payed back.  That’s the dirty little secret that bona fide economists don’t discuss, at least in public . . . .

Tax raised three times in 2013 to curb higher imports. . . . 
Demand seen shrinking in 2016 to the least in 7 years. . . .

Can Western gold investing rely on China + India to put a floor under 2017 prices . . . .