23 Reasons to Be Bullish on GoldLaurynas Vegys, Research Analyst Perhaps worse has been the onslaught of negative press our favorite metal has suffered. Its felt overwhelming at times and has pushed even some die-hard goldbugs to question their beliefs not a bad thing, by the way. To me, a lot of it felt like piling on, especially as the negative rhetoric ratcheted up. Last years winner was probably Goldman Sachs, calling gold a slam-dunk sale for 2014 (this, of course, after its already fallen by nearly a third over a period of more than two and a half yearshow daring they are). This is why its important to balance the one-sided message typically heard in the mainstream media with other views. Here are some of those contrarian voices, all of which have put their money where their mouth is And then theres the people who should know most about how sound the worlds various types of paper money are: central banks. As a group, they have added tonnes of bullion to their reserves last year China ended 2013 officially as the largest gold consumer in the world. Chinese sentiment towards gold is well echoed in a statement made by Liu Zhongbo of the Agricultural Bank of China: Because gold has capabilities to absorb external economic shocks, growth of its use in the international monetary system will be imminent. And those commercial banks that have been verbally slamming goldit turns out many are not as negative as it might seem None of these parties thinks the gold bull market is over. What they care about is safety in this uncertain environment, as well as what they see as enormous potential upside. In the end, the much ridiculed goldbugs will have had the last laugh. We can speculate about when the next uptrend in gold will set in, but the action for today is to take advantage of price weakness. Learn about the best gold producers to invest innow at bargain-basement prices. Try BIG GOLD for 3 months, risk-free, with 100% money-back guarantee. Click here to get started. 