Righto, so the gold price rose under QE1 , QE2, and QE3 doubled in December 2012 - coinciding with the peak in gold.
Thanks for proving my argument.
Rates may have risen in the US - by one quarter of a percent mind - but the rise in gold this year has been off the back of China fears / Oil price collapse.
There's factors have superseded the (minimal) US rate rise.