Gold is holding on to most of its early-2016 gains while the stock market has fallen sharply.  Gold is up 2.5% so far in 2016 while the Dow Jones index is down 8.3% and some of the more volatile stock market indexes are down 10% to 12%.  China’s Shanghai index is down over 20% since late December.   Part of gold’s strength comes from the weakness of the U.S. economy and the threat of deflation. 

Gold is up 4% in the first week of 2016 while the stock market is down 6%, a 10% swing in one week.  As we’ve been saying for several years now, it doesn’t take much to wake up the investment community to the danger of the stock market vs. the long-term security of gold. 

Gold is up 4% in the first week of 2016 while the stock market is down 6%, a 10% swing in one week.  As we’ve been saying for several years now, it doesn’t take much to wake up the investment community to the danger of the stock market vs. the long-term security of gold. 

Gold is up 4% in the first week of 2016 while the stock market is down 6%, a 10% swing in one week.  As we’ve been saying for several years now, it doesn’t take much to wake up the investment community to the danger of the stock market vs. the long-term security of gold. 

Gold is up 4% in the first week of 2016 while the stock market is down 6%, a 10% swing in one week.  As we’ve been saying for several years now, it doesn’t take much to wake up the investment community to the danger of the stock market vs. the long-term security of gold. 

Gold is up 4% in the first week of 2016 while the stock market is down 6%, a 10% swing in one week.  As we’ve been saying for several years now, it doesn’t take much to wake up the investment community to the danger of the stock market vs. the long-term security of gold. 

Gold opened 2016 with a $20 rise on Monday morning.  The London pm gold price fix was $1082.25, up $20 from their last London setting of 2015, at $1062.25.  In New York, gold reached $1084 before retreating and then staging another rally.  At the same time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was falling over 400 points on Monday’s opening, ostensibly over fears about China and the Middle East, but also hurt by the slow growth of the U.S. economy, combined with a recent interest rate increase by the Fed.

Gold opened 2016 with a $20 rise on Monday morning.  The London pm gold price fix was $1082.25, up $20 from their last London setting of 2015, at $1062.25.  In New York, gold reached $1084 before retreating and then staging another rally.  At the same time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was falling over 400 points on Monday’s opening, ostensibly over fears about China and the Middle East, but also hurt by the slow growth of the U.S. economy, combined with a recent interest rate increase by the Fed.

Gold opened 2016 with a $20 rise on Monday morning.  The London pm gold price fix was $1082.25, up $20 from their last London setting of 2015, at $1062.25.  In New York, gold reached $1084 before retreating and then staging another rally.  At the same time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was falling over 400 points on Monday’s opening, ostensibly over fears about China and the Middle East, but also hurt by the slow growth of the U.S. economy, combined with a recent interest rate increase by the Fed.

Gold opened 2016 with a $20 rise on Monday morning.  The London pm gold price fix was $1082.25, up $20 from their last London setting of 2015, at $1062.25.  In New York, gold reached $1084 before retreating and then staging another rally.  At the same time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was falling over 400 points on Monday’s opening, ostensibly over fears about China and the Middle East, but also hurt by the slow growth of the U.S. economy, combined with a recent interest rate increase by the Fed.