Jeff Clark, Hard Assets Alliance Feb. 29, 2016, 5:25 PM

5 charts that show now could be the time to buy gold

I remember in early 2009 how difficult it was to buy gold at a decent premium and get it delivered in less than six weeks. It wasn’t what any of us expected. “There’s plenty of above-ground gold to go around” and “global production is on the rise” were common buzz phrases of the day. But the reality was anything but common. It was a scary time and many investors were turning to gold. The problem was that so many investors wanted to buy that premiums went through the roof. And delivery times—assuming the product you wanted was even available—were measured in weeks and months instead of days. One dealer told me that he was so frustrated that he had difficulty sleeping at night. There just wasn’t enough physical metal available to fill his orders. This setup kick-started one of gold’s biggest bull runs in modern history. The price more than doubled over the next three years. It’s that reality—too much demand and too little supply—that looks poised to repeat. It’s a driver for gold that most market analysts overlook and is one that could push the gold price much higher… Few Investors Understand How Small the Gold Market Really Is To get some perspective, here’s the value of the total annual gold supply compared to the market cap of some widely held stocks.

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