The recent volatility in most markets was really extreme, which means that it was easy to lose focus on the things that matter the most in case of the gold market. It was relatively easy to keep one's focus as far as the fundamental outlook for gold is concerned - it's quite obvious that the economies around the world are in deep trouble and that the various QEs and money-printing mechanisms are likely to be inflationary, which together is likely to result in stagflation - which gold loves. On the other hand, it was easy to lose focus with regard to one of gold's key short- and medium-term drivers - the USD Index. If ... (full story)