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The World Gold Council issued its 2012 year end Gold report this morning. The report shows that during 2012 the all-time record world gold demand was . . . .

The U.S. Mint resumed sales after a week of suspension as silver coins sales for January almost doubled compared with the month before. An all-time high of over 7.4 million Silver Eagle coins were bought in January from the U.S. Mint, which substantially exceeded the former record set in early 2011. Gold coin sales were also the highest seen in almost three years.

All of this excitement in the coin market is happening against the backdrop of . . . .

With Germany and other European countries planning to repatriate their gold reserves from the United States, dealers believe this might open up business opportunities for the gold depository at the Hong Kong airport. Dealers in Hong Kong said the European action showed mainland China might also need to consider whether it was a good idea to shift back its gold stored in the US and other countries . . . .

Silver’s gaining popularity as an investment asset. Silver’s drawing more and more attention as an investment these days, especially from China. That appetite has made silver bulls giddy and lifted prices closer to a record . . . .

Last week the U.S. Mint announced that it had run out of its initial production of 2013 Silver Eagles and that new shipments would not be available until late January. At that point, sales are expected to be resumed under an allocation process. The Mint has used an allocation process to ration available supplies amongst their primary distributors in the past, as opposed to allowing the distributors to buy as many as they want or need . . . .

Sterling silver jewelry sales continued their strong performance during the recent Holiday Season, according to industry observers and early retail sales surveys. Retailers across the country reported . . . .

Late yesterday, the United States Mint informed authorized purchasers that the 2013 American Silver Eagle bullion coins had temporarily sold out. This comes only ten days after the coins were initially made available for ordering and following a three week period of unavailability due to the early sell out of the 2012-dated coins.

Sales of the 2013 Silver Eagle bullion coins will remain suspended until the Mint can build up an inventory of the coins . . . .

If Gold is able to firm up here and now then it has a good shot to rally back to $1750-$1800 over the next few months. If we get the bullish scenario and a fundamental catalyst shift then expect Gold to break past $1800 in Q3. That would mean that Gold consolidated for two years which would be its longest consolidation on record. The longer the consolidation, the more explosive the breakout . . . .

Gold is unique among commodities in that the annual production is not consumed in the conventional sense, other than ~15% that is used in industry. Instead, gold is and has been used as jewelry, money, and to store wealth for thousands of years.

The following are the reasons that the price of gold will rise in the immediate future as demand increases and supplies diminish . . . .

Gold will climb as much as 14 percent this year and average $1,753 an ounce after posting its longest winning streak in at least nine decades, a London Bullion Market Association poll of traders and analysts showed . . . .