Hi pic. I believe that the reason that the $ and gold moved much the same over the last 100 years is the perceived safe haven status of the $. Given that the clowns in new york and DC are doing their best to destroy the $ it is easy to see gold breaking away from the $ connection.

I am having a difficult time imagining what the US would be like with a strongly devalued $. It just doesn't look pretty. PMs are so thinly distributed that even if they bail out their holders, that will be a miniscule % of the population.