Quote from achilles28:
Why is Gold making record highs?
Because Western interest rates will never return to moderate levels in our lifetime.
When the US consumer recovers, SHTF
Good point. Interest rates can't rise because no one in the US could pay the additional interest.
A question I have is how much gold is owned by private US citizens? The 5% or so of the world's total supply the gov't owns seems low for a reserve currency.