Gold, here are the mysterious purchases leading the rally

Russia, China, perhaps even some sovereign wealth fund, perhaps from an Arab country, anxious to diversify the flood of dollars collected thanks to gas and oil. Blowing the gold rally – up more than 15% since early November and now close to $1,900 an ounce, an eight-month high – are deep-pocketed buyers who move in the shadows: mysterious buyers in able to pull the strings of the market and on which analysts have not stopped wondering after the increase …