The four exchange-traded funds backed by the metal that have attracted the most money this year are all based in Western Europe.
"Fast money" -- hedge funds and other speculators -- upped their bearish bets while mutual funds and institutional buyers built bullish positions on Treasuries.
Gold has averaged gains of almost 15 percent in years marking the inauguration of a new president since the 1970s.
Big investors are motivated by signs the world has finally escaped from the decade of limp economic growth and inflation that followed the global financial crisis more than eight years ago.
"Everyone in the world is underexposed to China.”
Take a look a biotech and gold miners.
The billionaire's main hedge fund lost almost half its value in 2016.
What happens if 2017 isn't as gloomy as being predicted?
A bevy of political and economic surprises sparked a surge of gold buying in 2016.
2016 marked the beginning of the end of hedge funds as we've known them.
