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King Dong

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The world is changing fast, folks. Gold hasn’t blasted THOUSANDS of dollars higher in the past few months just because mankind discovered how to craft it into jewelry. Silver hasn’t blasted HUNDREDS of percent higher in the past few months just because everyone decided to hammer out Ankh-shaped amulets of the stuff in their garage. This is a big deal, and one which my ratio charts telegraphed three years ago.

Last night was no exception, as gold rocketed to – – here come those words again – – a new lifetime high. As I am typing this, /GC is up about $175, well over 3%.

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