What determines gold price?

Here is today's recommended reading list from Equitymaster...

Is the US really serious about cutting its defense spending?
Defense spending by the US government has increased by leaps and bounds over several years. For 2014, it is estimated to be about US$ 800 bn. To put this in perspective, this was the same amount as the entire US government budget in 1983! The increasing size of the US military has been the primary cause of the huge budget deficit in the US. Does the latest round of budget cuts announced by the US government improve the scenario? This brilliant article analyses the issue thoroughly and comes to an undeniable conclusion. Read on to find out more. (Safehaven)

The next big thing for FDI into India
Although Internet penetration in India has not reached even 16% of its total population, the number of people with access to the Internet is nearly 10 times of the total population of Australia. In fact the total number of internet users in India could cross that in the US by mid 2014. So does the e-commerce sector look most appealing to foreign investors in India? Read on to find out. (Businessinsider.in)

What determines gold price?
Commodity prices are a demand supply game as they have no intrinsic value of their own. While gold is no exception here, there is one particular factor that influences the demand-supply dynamics and causes significant variation in gold's price. Listen to the video to find out what factor is and how China is exploiting the same to its maximum advantage. (Thecrux.com)

Will this investing strategy work in India?
Here's an investing strategy which is a mix of dividend investing - by investing in dogs - and value investing. The author talks about investing in companies with the highest dividend yield at the start of the year and selling of the worst performers by booking losses before the year ends; and booking profits for the winners in the next year. One could also combine the same by keeping a good portion of cash balance - and wait for the good quality stocks to crash - thereby mixing the two approaches. Read on to know more... (Gurufocus)

Introduction to value investing
The author of this article goes back to the basics of value investing, explaining the process and procedures of the same. The author also touches upon various biases that come in the way as well as some of basic valuation tools that investors need to look at. Read on to know more about the basics of value investing... (Janav.wordpress.com)