Gold needs to...

Gold will need to break and sustain $1,200.00 US $ and step up to $1,400.00 to put us back into a bull market then the top will be unimagined according to my 2008 research, gold will be reset to about $3,000.00 this will help currencies backed by gold to be stable and tradable.

China and Russia will push for this.

Note that there are bids to acquire the CME as of 2/5/2016

If they own the exchange they can reset the price or have it closed. (basically they will control and regulate the price with ownership and influence) and of course being a giant holder of gold why would you not command a price to sell it at.

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.http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chicagostockexhange-m-a-chongqing-idUSKCN0VE1NC

Business | Fri Feb 5, 2016 2:20pm EST

Related: DEALS, CHINA

Chinese investor group to buy Chicago Stock Exchange

BY JOHN MCCRANK

Chicago Stock Exchange Inc, one of the oldest exchanges in the United States, on Friday announced its planned sale to an investor group led by China's Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group.

The parties did not disclose terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the second half of the year.

If regulators approve the deal, this would be the first sale of a U.S. exchange to investors from China but not to a foreign entity. A unit of Germany's Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1Gn.DE) purchased the International Securities Exchange in 2007.

Under new ownership, the Chicago Stock Exchange, which is known as CHX, would have the funding for efforts like revamping its listings program, Chief Executive Officer John Kerin said in an interview. 

"They like our strategy, and they want us to continue to execute on it," he said. 

The 134-year old bourse plans to seek approval to list U.S. companies that want to access the capital markets but may not meet the standards of Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) or Intercontinental Exchange Inc's (ICE.N) New York Stock Exchange.