Our gold price prediction for the coming years is directionally bullish. Some periods of weakness with gold price pullbacks may be expected. Gold price targets: $3,100 in 2025 and closer to $4,000 by 2026 with a gold peak price prediction of $5,000 by 2030.
Gold forecasts – why quality matters
Nowadays, anyone can create and share a gold price prediction, particularly on social media.
The quality of forecasting, the forecasting methodology, the analysis framework don’t matter any longer. It’s about clicks and likes.
At InvestingHaven.com, we go through the hard work. We perform genuine analysis based on a methodology we established in the last 15 years. That’s how predict future gold prices.
Gold prediction research – outline
We think of a gold price prediction as an art, a skill. It requires a lot of hard work over a long period of time to master a skill. You can read the summary of our gold price prediction or you can read our entire article to understand the true dynamics driving the gold price.
We start with a quick summary of our gold price prediction and continue presenting the extensive research of how we got to these gold price predictions.
1. Gold price forecast for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2030
This is the outcome of our gold price prediction analysis outlined in the remainder of this article.
- 2024: max gold price around $2,600.
- 2025: max gold price right above $3,000.
- 2026: max gold price around $3,900.
- 2030: peak gold price prediction $5,000.
The ranges indicated in this summary are estimates produced by InvestingHaven’s research, based on current and predicted intermarket trends and secular gold charts.
Gold’s bullish thesis invalidates once it drops and stays below $1,770 which is a low probability outcome.
2. Gold price breakout in all world currencies.
Most gold price forecasts are U.S. centric. This means gold prices are expressed US Dollars.
What many investors don’t realize is that gold started setting new all-time highs in each and every global currency as evidenced by this magnificent chart (courtesy o Goldchartsrus).
This process started early 2024. It was the ultimate confirmation of the gold bull market.
3. Gold price charts: long term charts.
Start with the chart.
The power of the chart pattern.
We take a top-down approach: we start with the 50-year gold chart to understand dominant secular dynamics followed by the gold price over 20 years for medium to long term dynamics. Separately, we strongly recommend to check out our 10-year gold price chart as well.
Gold chart over 50 years
The 50-year gold chart in USD shows 2 secular bullish reversal patterns:
- In the 80s and 90s – a long falling wedge. This was such a long (hence strong) pattern that the subsequent bull market was unusually long.
- Between 2013 and 2023 – a secular cup and handle formation.
The recent 10-year bullish reversal is powerful.
As said, ‘long’ equals ‘strong’ when it comes to consolidations and reversal pattern. This creates a strong argument for a strong gold bull market in the years to come, with a high confidence level.
The secular gold chart suggests that the gold bull market will run over multiple years.
Gold chart over 20 years
Zooming into the gold price chart, we look at the 20-year setup. This one reveals a few valuable insights:
- A gold bull market tends to start slowly and accelerate towards the end.
- The last gold bull market experienced three phases.
Given the bullish cup and handle reversal between 2013 and 2023, we can reasonably expect a multi-staged gold bull market going forward.
REMEMBER – History does not repeat, it does rhyme.
4. Gold bull market: monetary dynamics.
Gold is a monetary asset. It is driven by monetary dynamics.
As seen on below chart, the monetary base M2 continued its steep rise in 2021; it started stagnating in 2022.
Historically, we see that gold and the monetary base move in the same direction. Golds tend to overshoot the monetary base but mostly it tends to happen temporarily.
The monetary dynamic eventually pushed the price of gold so much higher in 2024; the divergence between M2 and the gold price was not sustainable.
The divergence did not last – we explained this in each and every of our recent gold forecasts – it appeared an accurate assessment.
Similarly, gold tends to track the CPI (inflation).
The divergence between CPI and the price of gold was temporary.
We expect both CPI and the gold price to rise in synch in the coming years, underpinning a soft price uptrend in 2025 and 2026.
The CPI combined with M2 seem to be experiencing a stable growth. This will drive a soft uptrend in the price of gold.
5. Gold price fundamental driver: inflation expectations.
By far, the most important fundamental driver of gold is inflation expectations. It’s the most important element of our gold price forecasts.
That’s because gold shines in an inflationary environment.
Many analysts believe that fundamentals of gold are related to supply/demand dynamics, economic outlook, recessions, and the likes.
We thoroughly disagree.
Our research has shown that inflation expectations is THE fundamental driver of gold.
Consequently, fundamental analysis of gold is based on inflation expectations (TIP ETF).
TIP ETF came down in 2022 which explains why gold was so volatile in 2022. The long term trendline was respected. Essentially, the next chart says it all.
Historically, the price of gold and TIP ETF have been positively correlated.
Only exceptionally have both been diverging.
Interestingly, gold is strongly correlated with TIP ETF which is strongly correlated with SPX.
When we look at the historic relationship between TIP, gold and stocks, we can see how a decline in TIP has led to lower gold and stock prices. The opposite is true as well. This, eventually, is the ultimate answer to those that pretend that gold is thriving well during a recession; that’s not true and invalidated by below chart!
6. Gold price leading indicators: currency and credit markets.
One of the two leading indicators for the price of gold price is an intermarket dynamic driven by currency and credit markets. In particular, gold is correlated to:
- The Euro (inversely correlated to the USD).
- Bond prices (positively correlated most of the times, not always though).
Gold tends to go up when the Euro is in a bullish mindset. Consequently, when the USD is rising it puts pressure on gold.
The EURUSD looks pretty strong here. This creates a gold-friendly environment.
Treasuries are positively correlated to gold, bond yields are inversely correlated to gold.
That’s because of the effect of changes in yields on the net inflation rate.
As seen, below, on the weekly chart of 20-year Treasuries, gold was able to rise after Treasuries bottom (rates peaked) mid-2023.
With the prospects of rate cuts all over the world, it is expected that Yields will not move higher. This is supportive for gold.
7. Gold price leading indicators: the futures market.
The 2nd leading indicator for gold is the futures market, particularly net short positions of commercials.
The way to read this next chart:
- The first pane shows the gold price over 9 years.
- The center pane features net long positions of non-commercials in blue. Red bars represent net short positions of commercials.
- We think of the net short positions of commercials as a ‘stretch indicator’. If those positions are very low, the price of gold cannot be ‘suppressed’ too much. Conversely, if those positions are ‘stretched’ (high), the price of gold has not a lot of upside and/or it cannot rise fast.
The current state of net short positions of commercials, when combined with the above mentioned leading indicators and fundamental driver (inflation expectations) suggest a soft uptrend in gold is possible. The net short positions of commercials remains very high.
NOTE – The above mentioned leading indicator is one of the data points that is related to the gold price manipulation theory. Late Theodore Butler was able to articulate the relationship between the gold futures market and gold manipulation in a very detailed way.
8. Gold price predictions: an overview
The gold charts and gold’s leading indicators confirm that gold is set to rise in the coming years.
A soft gold bull market is our thesis – an acceleration to the upside will take place later this decade.
The overview of our gold price prediction analysis:
- Secular gold price charts – a gold bull market is the result of a 10-year bullish reversal completion.
- Gold prices in global currencies – the gold bull market started in all global currencies early 2024, before the gold price USD breakout in March/April of 2024.
- Monetary dynamics – M2 and CPI are steadily rising, this underpins a soft gold bull market.
- Fundamental gold price driver – inflation expectations are respecting a secular rising channel which supports the gold bull market thesis.
- Gold price leading indicators (EUR & Treasuries) – the EUR and Treasuries both look bullish on their secular timeframes; this creates a gold-friendly environment.
- Gold price leading indicator (COMEX) – the gold futures market positioning suggests stretched net short positions by commercials which limits the upside potential in the gold price, a soft uptrend is possible though.
All this leads us to believe that the price of gold will continue its steady rise.
Gold price prediction overview:
This is our forecasted gold price for the coming years. Prices reflect gold’s spot price.
| Year | Gold price prediction |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,900 to $2,600 |
| 2025 | $2,300 to $3,100 |
| 2026 | $2,800 to $3,800 |
| 2030 | Peak price: $5,000 |
NOTE – Our 2024 gold price prediction of $2,200 followed by $2,555 was achieved by August 2024.
NOTE – Bullish gold price predictions invalidate once gold falls and stays below < $1,770 (very low probability).
9. Gold or silver? Or both?
Should investors focus on gold or silver in 2025 and beyond?
Our answer is very clear: silver will be explosive sooner or later while gold will be steady!
Both gold and silver will have a function in a diversified portfolio.
Silver has strong fundamentals. The grey metal tends to accelerate its uptrend at a later gold bull market stage.
READ – Which Precious Metal To Buy For 2025: Gold vs. Silver?
Next we feature the historic gold to silver ratio chart. This confirms that silver tends to react to the upside during a later stage of the gold bull market. It also suggests that our silver target of $50 is an obvious silver price target.
The silver price chart over 50 years says it all: a wildly bullish cup and handle formation that may get aggressive in 2024 and 2025, in favor of silver.
10. Gold forecasts by other analysts
Slowly but surely, an increasing number of gold forecasts for 2025 are being published. We like to benchmark our own forecasts against those of prominent financial institutions. So far, one financial institution and one financial data provider published their 2025 gold predictions, see below.
- Bloomberg has projected a broad range for gold prices in 2025, estimating that the metal could trade between $1,709.47 and $2,727.94 (last update: mid-September 2024). This wide range reflects uncertainty, both in the market but also among analysts, presumably driven by the uncertain path of inflation, monetary decisions, geopolitical tensions. The analysts at Bloomberg emphasize the importance of monitoring macroeconomic indicators that could significantly impact gold prices during this period.
- Goldman Sachs offers a more specific gold forecast, predicting gold to move to $2,700 by early 2025 (last update: mid-September 2024). Their analysis suggests a more stable outlook. Goldman Sachs’ prediction aligns with their broader market analysis, which emphasizes the metal’s resilience amid fluctuating financial conditions.
In contrast, InvestingHaven’s prediction for gold in 2025 stands at approximately $3,100, reflecting a more bullish outlook than those of Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs. This divergence highlights our belief in leading indicators of the gold price, including heightened inflation and increasing central bank demand. Moreover, the very bullish chart pattern on the long term gold charts tell a very bullish story.
11. Predicting the price of gold: our track record
For many years in a row our gold forecasts were phenomenally accurate. They are all still available in the public domain on our blog, and the table below depicts the summary of each year’s gold forecast with the highs/ lows per year.
Interestingly, InvestingHaven’s research team has been spot-on with its gold price forecasts for 5 consecutive years. Exceptions: our gold forecast 2021 of 2200-2400 USD did not materialize.
This is an overview of our gold price forecasts from last years. We publish these forecasts many months prior to the year that we forecast. Prices reflect gold’s spot price.
| Our forecast | Lows & highs | Our forecast accuracy |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | bearish | $1,000 | $1,049 – $1,386 | Accurate |
| 2017 | bearish | $1,000 | $1,123 – $1,358 | Accurate |
| 2018 | bearish | $ 1,100 | $1,160 – $1,365 | Spot-on |
| 2019 | bullish | $1,550 | $1,265 – $1,556 | Spot-on |
| 2020 | bullish | $1,750 | $1,498 – $2,075 | Highly accurate |
| 2021 | bullish | $2,200 | $1,675 – $1,921 | Missed |
| 2022 | bullish | $2,000 | $1,626 – $1,801 | Missed |
| 2023 | bullish | $2,200 | $1,811 – $1,943 | Accurate |
| 2024 | bullish | $2,500 | $1,992 – $2,525 | Spot-on |
12. Gold predictions FAQ
What will gold be worth in 5 years from now?
The peak gold price forecast for the coming years, heading into 2030, is in the range $4,500 to $5,000. A gold price of $5,000 is a reasonable target by or before 2030. This psychologically important level might be a peak price.
Can the price of gold ever rise to $10,000?
While a gold price of $10,000 is not unimaginable, it will require extreme market conditions for it to materialize. In case inflation gets out of hand, similar to the 70s, gold may rise to $10k. Alternatively, in case of extreme fear by geopolitical tensions, gold may hit $10k.
What will gold be worth in 10 years from now?
For this, we prefer to stick to the gold peak price prediction by 2030. That’s because market conditions tend to change every decade. It is impossible to forecast what might happen past 2030. The gold peak prediction by 2030 is $5,000 under regular market conditions.
What will the price of gold be in 2040 and 2050?
Frankly, it is an illusion to believe that anyone can predict the gold price more than ten years into the future. The reason: each decade presents its own unique macroeconomic dynamics, which change significantly every decade. This dominant market dynamic makes it impossible to forecast gold prices beyond 2030.
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