Writing for Sprott Money, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke today notes that the long correlation between total U.S. government debt and the gold price broke down in 2013. GATA can give you a reason -- more aggressive government intervention against the monetary metal. Hemke doesn't get into that but he speculates that the correlation will resume at some point. May today's gold investors live to see that day. Hemke's analysis is headlined "Total U.S. Debt and Gold" and it's posted at Sprott Money here:
https://www.sprottmoney.com/Blog/total-us-debt-and-gold.html