Gold is up 19% year-to-date, by far the best performing asset-class, making this the best start to a year since 1974.

"Negative rates in Japan and Europe coupled with weak global growth have prompted a surge in interest," notes one trader as Gold-backed exchange-traded funds saw a record inflow of $7.2bn in February, surpassing the previous high set in 2009, according to BlackRock.

BlackRock's ETF (IAU) – which saw creation halted due to th einability to meet excess demand for physical has not had one outflow this year…

 

And GLD inflows are soaring…

 

This year $9.2bn has gone into gold-backed exchange-traded products, BlackRock said.

And it appears as The Fed remains on ist rate-hiking-narrative path (and the rest of the world goes deeper and deeper into NIRP) perhaps this chart  – showing the Dow/Gold ratio breaking significant support – suggests gold will contionue to outperform…


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