Gosh, if Trump gets in, he is now reported to be saying he wants to "re-negotiate" the repayment obligation to US$ government bond holders, meaning he would expect them to take a haircut on their investment in USD government bonds. Trump has quite a history, having 4 times declared himself bankrupt to escape full repayment to creditors. So (quite independently of strong demand for gold from Chinese and other big buyers) you can add the Trump factor: ie The closer that Trump is running in the polls (and Nov 2016 is the actual election ) the greater the added impetus for the POG to go up even more in the short term: http://truewealthpublishing.asia/th...ated-the-worlds-most-successful-rogue-trader/