All kidding aside, if gold has regained status as a predictor of future events, (and it has) and some very very big players are hedging some future risk (they are) this is actually something to be concerned about. This is not some random behavior.
How important is silver?
If Trump were asked to give 20 ounces of silver to every American instead of $1,000 checks.
He couldn’t do it.
That’s how important.
The Japanese are buying gold at a faster pace than they are buying dollars as their currency collapses
Policymakers need all stock markets to rally to absorb the extra money sloshing around.
Every yen, dollar, and euro they does not buy into the bubble gets allocated to