The SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA: GLD ) is the easiest means of making a gold play, though it's hardly the only one. Since then, an uptick in inflation has pushed that projected timeline forward by a full quarter; traders are saying there's an 87% chance the Fed will take its base interest rate up 25 basis points in December of this year. That proportion could ramp up significantly as U.S. buyers' money goes farther when it comes time to buy a new piece of electronic equipment or U.S. companies need to find some new technological components.