"For its gold portfolio, AIS invests mostly in gold-mining stocks, which lost ground in 2013 as the price of gold ended the year down 29%. "
Well there you go... it's not our fault we lost our clients most of their money so we're jumping on the conspiracy bandwagon too!
Here's a chart, which helps explain it all... former investors who were importing bullion for years in the West, sold in 2013 and they sold in a major way: