Words of Eugenio Catone:
Gold is at an all-time high and has attracted media attention. Everyone is talking about it, and already there are those who are talking about a bubble ready to burst. Personally, I am of the opposite opinion, partly because bullish cycles in gold have seen rises as high as 300%, and we are far from those performances. Something similar happened in 1978, following problems with inflation, wars, and revolutions. Obviously, with this, I am not predicting a gold price at $9,400 per ounce, that would be crazy. What I do expect is a rise to $3,000 per ounce by the end of 2025, which is still an ambitious price target.
Certainly, some of the geopolitical tension is already discounted in the current price and is what has allowed gold not to collapse despite the rising Dollar Index. However, an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could be a sufficient driver for further upside. In addition, I expect that real rates may decline significantly in the coming quarters, and this has always been a bullish signal for gold over the past 20 years. Should inflation spike higher again, even then, gold could do well given its function as a store of value.
Overall, I think there is more than one reason to believe that gold's uptrend could continue, at least until real rates reach the bottom. The only scenario that could almost certainly lead to the collapse of gold is the resolution of the problems in the Middle East and Ukraine, resulting in a soft/no landing. Unfortunately, we are still far from world peace.