As illustrated above, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's serial attempts to persuade the International Monetary Fund to sell gold have proven to be one of the more reliable indicators of an impending price spike. Over the past decade, Brown has begged, pleaded and otherwise cajoled the IMF no less than four times to sell from its 3217 tonne hoard. Each of the first three attempts were stymied for one reason or another (mostly having to do with reluctance on the part of the U.S. Congress) and each was the harbinger of a major price rally. Brown's fourth and latest attempt to pry metal out of the IMF came during the early April meeting of G-20 in London.

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