The growing use of leverage and futures trading to gain exposure to gold in China suggests that the recent increase in Chinese gold demand is more consistent with a speculative bubble inflating rather than a flight to safety. As a result, this will probably contribute to higher volatility in the gold market and there may be more instances of sharp price swings like at the start of this year.
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