“One strange correlation that has crept up in the last 15 years that might continue to support gold prices is the relationship between the direction of gold prices and the direction of US debt to GDP. US debt to GDP peaked in 1995-1996. When it began to turn down after that, gold prices headed down as well. When debt to GDP bottomed in 2001 and began to trend back up, gold turned as well. Both have been on a steady march up since then. Unfortunately, the Obama 2011 budget has debt to GDP steadily increasing over each of the next 10 years.”