All of this set the stage for gold to rally strongly as the Dow also hit a 13-year high after closing lower in 2015 than 2014. The markets are talking to us, yelling if you will, that a correction is in the wind on a global basis. The culmination of the trend will NOT be 2017, but pushed off into 2020 with 2017 looking like the start of the trend where confidence collapses in government.