If the U.S. government officials can come to meaningful agreement on taxing and spending matters in the coming weeks, which is still highly debatable, then it would be likely that a heavier flow of speculativemoney would flow into risk assets.
Easy monetary policy in America also creates the incentive for further speculativemoney to flow into emerging markets via carry trades and other strategies.
If crude oil prices continue to trend higher in the near term, that could spark fresh speculativemoney to flow into the raw commodity sector, including the precious metals.