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China’s fast-growing $157 billion market for exchange-traded funds will be directly accessible to overseas investors from Friday, at least four years since the plan was first hatched.

It's monetary inflation (i.e., money supply growth) that determines gold's value, not price inflation.Gold would need to increase to ~$2,400 to get back in line with M2.The U.S. will continue to fund these deficits with more debt and debt monetization. This will result in the rate of M2 growth remaining far higher than historical norms.Physical gold and gold mining stocks remain one of the best options for investors that want portfolio protection from the monetary inflation that is occurring now and that will occur in the future.

Gold has been suppressed by a rally in 10-year Treasury yields.The dollar is still in the driver's seat for gold, however.I expect the dollar to weaken once the next U.S. stimulus is announced.A falling dollar will strengthen gold's price, pushing it above $2,100.

The election cycle and exploding Fed balance sheet will help push gold up.On a number of metrics, gold remains cheap.In the very near term, gold will be pressured until catalysts emerge.  But then it promises to head much, much higher.