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Gold is known as a solid inflation hedge, and could earn this reputation in 2013 if inflation picks up. Here are three well-known gold bugs and their bold predictions for investing in gold next year and beyond . . . .

Is China building its gold reserves surreptitiously? The balance of probabilities suggests it is - and perhaps at a faster rate than many would contemplate . . . .

Look at the latest report from the World Gold Council and it is now more obvious than ever that gold is becoming the new global reserve currency. Continuous and aggressive central bank actions from the United States and Europe are driving the demand for gold . . . .

A quote from a Swiss gold refiner/trader puts the case for gold as sound money very succinctly and coupled with the suggestion that it is a Giffen good, bodes well for further price rises . . . .

Gold holdings in exchange-traded products are growing at a slower pace than in 2004-2009 because some investors may be moving to physical bullion after initial purchases of an exchange-traded fund, according to Barclays Plc. Gold holdings in ETPs have increased 9.6 percent this year to a record . . . .

Hedge funds and other big speculators piled into the rallying gold and natural gas markets for a second week running, taking the net long money in U.S. commodities up by nearly $1 billion, trade data showed on Friday.

The so-called "money managers" in commodities boosted their net longs in gold to the highest level in nearly 16 months . . . .

The U.S. Geological Survey reported nearly 4.31 million ounces of gold production from U.S. mines during the first seven months of this year . . . .

The best Financial Markets Analysis, Articles and anyone who follows the gold market knows that President Franklin D Roosevelt confiscated gold in 1933 with Executive order 6102. What seems to have been forgotten is that silver was effectively confiscated as well. I have been involved with silver for over 25 years and this fact was unknown to me until recently, in fact many silver bugs don’t know that this happened . . . .

Last year the Chairman of the Federal Reserve told me that gold is not money, a position which central banks, governments, and mainstream economists have claimed is the consensus for decades. But lately there have been some high-profile defections from that consensus . . . .

Gold prices pared gains to trade around $1,760 on Tuesday as the euro hit session highs versus the dollar, and following data that showed central banks added to their bullion holdings in July and August, led by South Korea and Paraguay.

The metal has risen nearly 5 percent so far in September and is set for a fourth straight monthly gain on expectations the Federal Reserve will . . . .