Wowzers! T'is the season for a rebound? After hitting a 5.5-year low earlier this week, the holidays may have just come early for the yellow metal. Gold prices are now preparing to end Friday's session on a very upbeat note, with the metal up 2% on the day.

So what does today's price action suggest? Is gold disregarding the rate hike? Or was the hike priced in long ago, as many analysts suspected, and there is still worry about the economy?



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This week, we also had former congressman Ron Paul on the program, with some surprising insights on the GOP, Donald Trump and gold market manipulation.

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