A war with Iran would eliminate the largest non-USD oil exporter. One thing leads to another. The gold repatriations are a precursor to a currency war and armed conflict. That’s what drives US foreign policy.

As Dennis Gartman summarized in his Friday letter to clients, "at the current pace of sales, Venezuela will effectively be out of gold by May or June of next year. Having fallen from $21.3 billion seven years ago, it’s now down to $6.6 billion as of the end of January and we suspect that it’s sold another billion since then."

Jeff Gundlach said that the next big move will likely be in gold prices which have broken their downtrend line, and are on the verge of breaking out to the upside. "It’s getting almost exciting... something big is happening,” he said cryptically.

A Bundesbank exhibit pays tribute to Germans' deep-seated love of the precious metal while honoring postwar economic prowess.

Amid the current events, it would be wrong to see the information that the Turkish Central Bank has repatriated its gold reserves stored earlier in the US Federal Reserve System as a mere coincidence.

A major new silver bullmarket looks imminent that is expected to kick off with a dramatic spike, due to a wave of panic short covering.