The gold market was able to rally in the face of a stronger Dollar and perhaps more importantly even in the face of lower equity prices. In fact, the gold market also managed to firm in the face of an afternoon recovery in the stock market, so it would seem like gold was focused on something other than the action in the equity market action. Some traders are suggesting that a serious breakdown in sentiment is ahead or that the amount of stimulus being interjected into the market could spark inflation and therefore it is possible that gold is getting support from both sides of the economic coin. Historically low Treasury yields would seem to give the crisis an even higher pedigree and that in turn probably prompted some fresh speculative buying of gold during the trade Thursday.