Why gold will reach a historical high in 2026

In the previous two reports, we delved into why U.S. Treasury yields have continued to rise and why the national debt has surpassed $39 trillion for the first time since World War II. If after reading those two reports, you started to think, "Where should I put my money?" — gold is one of the answers that many global investors are already acting upon. Here are some of the reasons, as well as key points you need to understand before deciding whether to include gold in your investment portfolio.

Key Data: Gold reached a historical high price of $5,589 per ounce on January 28, 2026 · Current price is approximately $4,460 to $4,523 per ounce · Year-on-year increase of about 35% · Up over 230% since 2020 · GLD assets under management exceed $141 billion · Central banks purchased a total of 863 tons of gold in 2025 · The People's Bank of China has increased its gold holdings for 18 consecutive months.

Section 1 --- Background: Why This Report Follows the Previous Two

In the report on rising yields, we showed how the yield on U.S. 30-year Treasury bonds rose to 5.2% — the highest level since 2007 — and analyzed how rising yields damage stock valuations through four channels. In the report on the U.S. debt crisis, we demonstrated how the national debt surpassed $39 trillion, interest payments exceeded $1 trillion for the first time, and how the Congressional Budget Office characterized the current fiscal trajectory as "unsustainable."

The first two reports tell you where the problems lie. This report discusses what global investors are buying to address these issues.

The logical connection between the three reports is very clear. When a government continues to run massive deficits, issues large amounts of bonds, and is downgraded by the three major rating agencies, two things often happen: first, bond investors demand higher compensation, leading to rising yields; second, investors begin to seek assets that the government cannot issue more of, cannot devalue through inflation, and cannot confiscate through taxation. Gold has played this role for thousands of years. In 2025 and 2026, its significance in this role surpassed any period in modern financial history.

The price of gold at the beginning of 2025 was approximately $2,624 per ounce. By January 28, 2026, it reached a historical high of $5,589.38. In just twelve months, gold not only set a new high but completely redefined what "high-priced gold" means in modern markets. From May 2025 to early June 2026, the price of gold rose from about $3,335 to approximately $4,460 to $4,523, an increase of about 35%. Since 2020, gold has cumulatively risen over 230%.

This is no coincidence but a direct response from the market to the forces described in the previous two reports.

Educational Note: The "spot price" of gold referred to by investors is the current market price for immediate delivery of physical gold, quoted in U.S. dollars per troy ounce. One troy ounce equals 31.1 grams. When purchasing gold ETFs, their prices are closely linked to the spot price of gold, with only a small annual management fee deducted. When the media reports that gold has reached a historical high, it refers specifically to the spot price.

Section 2 --- The Real Drivers of Gold Prices

Gold is fundamentally different from almost all other assets. It does not pay dividends, does not generate profits, and does not create cash flow. Holding Nvidia stock yields profit returns; holding bonds provides interest income; while gold just sits there quietly. So why does it rise?

The answer lies in the fact that gold is not an investment in the traditional sense but a form of financial insurance — a means of storing value that can preserve purchasing power when other assets are under pressure. When confidence in paper currency, government credit, and the financial system declines, the price of gold tends to rise. Understanding this is key to grasping the current price level of gold.

Inverse relationship with real interest rates. There exists one of the clearest long-term rules in financial markets regarding the relationship between gold and real interest rates: when real interest rates (nominal rates minus inflation) are low or negative, gold tends to rise; when real interest rates are high and positive, gold tends to fall. When risk-free bonds offer a 5% yield and inflation is at 2%, investors receive a 3% real return annually, making gold comparatively less attractive. However, when inflation reaches 5% and bonds only provide a 4% yield, the real return on bonds is -1%. In this environment, the disadvantage of gold's zero yield no longer holds — holding cash and bonds means a decrease in purchasing power each year, while gold at least retains its value. The current persistent inflation, massive government debt, and the unclear direction of the new Federal Reserve Chairman's interest rate policy provide structural support for gold as real interest rates remain low.

Inverse relationship with the U.S. dollar. Gold is priced in U.S. dollars, so a weaker dollar directly pushes up the dollar price of gold. When investors' confidence in the dollar as a reliable store of value wavers — as triggered by the U.S. debt trajectory and Moody's downgrade — gold becomes more attractive. BRICS countries currently hold 17.4% of global gold reserves, up from 11.2% in 2019, which is a result of deliberately reducing exposure to the dollar.

Safe-haven demand amid geopolitical tensions. For thousands of years, gold has been a safe-haven asset during wars, crises, and political turmoil. The current environment — the U.S.-Iran conflict leading to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices surpassing $100 per barrel, the ongoing war in Ukraine, U.S.-China trade frictions continuing through tariffs, and the accelerating fragmentation of the global geopolitical landscape — provides ongoing support for gold demand. When the world is filled with uncertainty, funds flow into assets that have no counterparty risk. Gold has no counterparty; it is not a promise from anyone.

Central bank purchases of gold have become a structural demand driver. This is the most significant new change in the gold market and is information that most retail investors have not yet fully digested. Between 2022 and 2024, central banks around the world purchased over 1,000 tons of gold annually — more than double the historical average of 400 to 500 tons. In 2025, central bank purchases amounted to 863 tons, still representing a very high level of official sector demand. JPMorgan predicts that total demand from central banks and investors will average about 585 tons per quarter in 2026.

Driving this structural shift is a single event: in 2022, Western countries froze approximately $300 billion of Russia's foreign exchange reserves as a sanction. This action sent a clear signal to every central bank globally: paper assets stored abroad can be frozen overnight, while gold stored in domestic vaults cannot. This lesson has not been forgotten. In 2025, over 40 central banks achieved net increases in gold holdings. Recent data shows that the People's Bank of China extended its record of consecutive gold purchases to 18 months in April 2026, adding 8 tons — the largest single-month purchase since December 2024 — bringing China's official gold reserves to 2,322 tons, accounting for 9% of total reserves.

Educational Note: "Real interest rate" is the rate you actually receive after accounting for inflation. If the yield on a 10-year U.S. Treasury bond is 4.6% and inflation is 3.5%, the real interest rate is about 1.1%. If inflation rises to 5%, the same 4.6% yield corresponds to a real interest rate of -0.4%. Gold performs best historically when real interest rates are negative or extremely low, as in such environments, holding cash or bonds means a decrease in purchasing power each year, while gold at least retains its value.

Section 3 --- The Five Forces Currently Driving Gold

In 2026, five specific forces are converging simultaneously to support gold at historically high levels.

Force One: The direct connection between the U.S. fiscal crisis and gold. Every item recorded in our debt crisis report directly reflects the bullish logic for gold. A government with a debt of $39 trillion, increasing by about $7.5 billion daily, an annual deficit of about $2 trillion, and interest payments reaching $1 trillion annually faces substantial long-term devaluation risks for its currency. When the fiscal trajectory is characterized as unsustainable by the Congressional Budget Office itself, and when all three credit rating agencies have downgraded the U.S. rating, rational investors will allocate some of their wealth to assets beyond government control. Gold is that asset.

Force Two: De-dollarization and erosion of trust in dollar assets. The freezing of Russia's central bank reserves in 2022 marked a paradigm shift in global reserve management. If dollar assets can be frozen for geopolitical reasons, they are no longer purely financial assets but become political tools. Central banks in the Global South, sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East, and BRICS countries are increasing their gold holdings to respond to this new reality. China has added over 350 tons to its gold reserves in recent years as part of a clear diversification strategy. This structural shift has created a persistent, price-insensitive group of gold buyers that did not exist a decade ago.

Force Three: The U.S.-Iran conflict and energy-driven inflation. On February 28, 2026, the U.S. and Israel launched military strikes against Iran. The subsequent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices above $100 per barrel. March 2026 CPI data later showed year-on-year inflation at 3.8%, the highest level since May 2024. Military actions, energy supply disruptions, and inflation — this series of events represents a typical scenario where gold performs best historically. Energy-driven inflation erodes the real value of fixed-income assets and cash while enhancing the appeal of limited-supply physical hard assets.

Force Four: Investment demand reaches historical highs. In 2025, global gold investment demand through ETFs, bars, and coins surged by 84% to 2,175 tons, setting a historical record. The World Gold Council reported that net inflows into ETFs continued into 2026, with investment demand now far exceeding manufacturing demand from jewelry and industrial uses. When both institutional and retail investors increase their gold allocations, the expanded demand base supports high prices across different market environments.

Force Five: Uncertainty brought by the new Federal Reserve Chairman. Kevin Warsh took over as Federal Reserve Chairman in May 2026, inheriting one of the most complex inflation situations in years. The market currently prices a 48% probability of interest rate hikes before December 2026, up from just 14% a week prior. This environment keeps inflation concerns high and maintains strong demand for gold.

Section 4 --- Price History: Understanding the Context of Current Levels

For most of the 2000s, gold remained below $1,000 per ounce. The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 first pushed it above $1,000, as investors flocked to safe-haven assets. The subsequent near-zero interest rate era and quantitative easing policies drove it to a historical high of $1,917 in 2011, before falling sharply after real interest rates rose from 2012 to 2015.

The next significant breakthrough occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when gold first surpassed $2,074 per ounce, driven by zero interest rates, unprecedented monetary expansion, and economic uncertainty. The structural shift in central bank behavior in 2022 — triggered by the freezing of Russian reserves — began to establish a new demand floor for gold.

In 2025, gold started at about $2,624, broke through $3,500 in spring, and first surpassed $4,000 in October. In the last week of January 2026, it broke through $5,000, reaching a historical high of $5,589.38 on January 28 amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. Subsequently, gold experienced a correction of about 16% to 20%, and by early June 2026, prices were running in the range of approximately $4,460 to $4,523.

Institutions remain overall bullish. JPMorgan predicts that gold will move towards $5,000 per ounce in the fourth quarter of 2026, with a long-term possibility of challenging $6,000. Goldman Sachs has set a target price of $5,400 by the end of 2026. UBS Wealth Management has reiterated a target price of $6,000. A Reuters survey of 30 analysts found a median forecast of $4,746 — very close to the current price of gold — representing the consensus of the baseline scenario, while more optimistic institutional targets reflect assumptions of continued pressure on energy prices from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and persistent inflation.

Educational Note: Even in a long-term bull market, gold can experience corrections — temporary price declines. The current pullback of about 16% to 20% from the January peak is a normal phenomenon in the commodities market and does not necessarily indicate the end of the trend. During the gold bull market from 2001 to 2011, there were multiple instances of 15% to 20% corrections, after which prices continued to rise. What truly determines the long-term direction is whether the underlying demand drivers — central bank purchases of gold, fiscal concerns, real interest rates, and geopolitical risks — remain intact.

Section 5 --- How U.S. Stock Investors Can Gain Exposure to Gold

For investors looking to invest through the U.S. market, there are three main ways to gain exposure to gold, each differing in cost, convenience, safety, and risk characteristics.

Physical Gold — Vaults and Physical Dealers

The most direct way to hold gold is to purchase physical gold bars or coins from reputable dealers or gold custody service providers. This grants you real ownership with no counterparty risk — the gold belongs to you, and no institution can freeze or devalue it through policy decisions.

In the U.S., physical gold can be purchased through well-known dealers like APMEX, JM Bullion, and SD Bullion, with prices typically at spot price plus a small premium. For investors who do not wish to store gold at home, professional vault services such as Brink's, Loomis, and the Royal Canadian Mint's custody program offer secure storage options — your gold is stored separately and insured, not mixed with others' holdings, and is fully verifiable.

The cost of physical gold comes at the expense of liquidity and cost. Storage and insurance require ongoing expenses, and selling requires finding a buyer or returning to a dealer, who typically buys at a price slightly below the spot price. For investors who view gold as a long-term store of value and do not need to trade frequently, these trade-offs are acceptable. For those needing quick, low-cost exits, ETFs are more practical.

Gold ETFs — The Most Convenient Entry Point for Most Investors

Gold ETFs trade on exchanges like stocks, with prices closely linked to the spot price of gold. They can be bought and sold in seconds through any standard brokerage account, with no storage or insurance costs beyond the annual management fee. Here are the main options for U.S. investors:

SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). The largest gold ETF globally, with assets under management exceeding $141.7 billion as of June 2026. Its only asset is physical gold stored in the vaults of JPMorgan and HSBC. The large scale provides excellent liquidity, a deep options chain, and very narrow bid-ask spreads, making it the preferred choice for frequent traders and large institutional positions. Management fee: 0.40%.

iShares Gold Trust (IAU). Structurally almost identical to GLD but with a lower management fee of only 0.25%, with assets under management exceeding $80 billion. For long-term investors, the lower annual fee has a significant compounding effect over time. IAU's gold is stored in JPMorgan's vaults in the U.S. and London, meeting LBMA standards. For most retail investors who do not require the ultra-high liquidity of GLD for large transactions, IAU is a more cost-effective choice.

iShares Gold Trust Micro (IAUM). The lowest fee physical gold ETF option, with a management fee of only 0.09%, designed for small investments and regular purchases, suitable for investors looking to gradually build positions over the long term.

Aberdeen Standard Physical Gold ETF (SGOL). Gold is stored in Swiss vaults, providing a geographical diversification option for those preferring storage locations outside of the U.S. and U.K. used by GLD and IAU. Management fee: 0.17%, making it an ideal choice for investors particularly wishing to store gold outside the U.S. financial system.

Educational Note: The "management fee" of an ETF is an annual fee charged as a percentage of the investment amount. For a gold ETF with a management fee of 0.25%, for every $10,000 invested, you pay $25 annually. This fee is automatically deducted from the fund and reflected in the ETF price. For an investment of $50,000, the difference between a 0.40% and a 0.09% management fee accumulates to about $1,550 over ten years. For long-term holders, the impact of management fees is more significant than it may initially appear.

Gold Mining ETFs

For investors looking to gain leveraged exposure to gold prices, gold mining stocks and ETFs offer a distinctly different risk-reward profile compared to physical gold. When gold prices rise, mining companies' profit growth often outpaces the increase in gold prices themselves, as their operating costs are relatively fixed — a gold mining company with a total cost of $1,500 per ounce sees its profit margin more than double when gold rises from $2,500 to $5,000, even if the gold price itself "only" doubles.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is the largest and most liquid gold mining ETF, holding over 50 major gold mining companies, with assets under management of about $33 billion. Major holdings include Newmont, Barrick Gold, Agnico Eagle Mines, and Franco-Nevada. GDX is the standard choice for investors seeking diversified exposure to the gold mining sector.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) covers smaller and mid-sized mining companies, which have greater potential for growth but also higher corresponding risks. In a strong gold bull market, junior miners often significantly outperform GDX, but their declines during corrections are also typically deeper.

To illustrate this leverage effect: gold mining stocks returned about 45% in 2025, significantly outperforming the approximately 25% increase of physical gold ETFs like GLD and IAU. However, mining stocks also carry risks that physical gold does not — operational accidents, cost overruns, political risks in mining jurisdictions, and uncertainties in management execution. Even in a rising gold price environment, if a mining company's production costs rise faster than the gold price, it may still incur losses.

Section 6 --- Understanding Risks: What Headwinds Might Gold Face

The extraordinary rise in gold is built on real macro foundations. However, today's investors buying gold need to understand potential risks as clearly as they understand the tailwinds.

Significant rise in real interest rates. High real interest rates are gold's most reliable enemy. If a combination of interest rate hikes and falling inflation creates a real positive interest rate environment — for example, if the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond reaches 6% while inflation is only 2% — the opportunity cost of holding gold will rise significantly. Investors could then receive a 4% annual real return from risk-free bonds, making gold's zero yield disadvantage very real. When the Federal Reserve rapidly raised interest rates in 2022, gold experienced a noticeable correction relative to its peak in 2020. Any real improvement in U.S. inflation combined with a tightening of monetary policy by the central bank poses the most direct threat to the bullish logic for gold.

Strengthening of the U.S. dollar. Since gold is priced in U.S. dollars, a stronger dollar poses direct resistance to gold. GBI Direct points out that in May 2026, gold faced three recent resistance factors: a dollar rebound, some progress in U.S.-Iran ceasefire negotiations, and technical selling after the January peak. If the U.S. resolves its fiscal issues in a more credible manner than expected, attracting funds back to the dollar for safety, gold will face price pressure from the dollar exchange rate.

Easing of geopolitical risks. Trading Economics notes that gold fell below $4,500 in early June, partly due to the deadlock in U.S.-Iran peace negotiations, with Trump indicating that a memorandum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached as early as the following week. Any real de-escalation of conflicts in the Middle East would simultaneously eliminate the energy premium, inflation premium, and geopolitical risk premium currently embedded in gold's price.

Sell-offs under acute financial market stress. In acute financial crises — unlike the gradual fiscal concerns currently supporting gold — investors sometimes sell gold to meet margin calls or raise cash. In March 2020, during the initial shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, gold sharply declined over several weeks before rebounding strongly and reaching new highs. In true financial panic, gold's correlation with other risk assets may temporarily rise, although its fundamental function as a safe-haven asset remains intact.

Valuation and mean reversion. The current gold price of about $4,490 is still about 70% higher than it was eighteen months ago. Even with strong fundamentals supporting it, assets that have risen so significantly historically tend to experience prolonged periods of consolidation or correction before the next upward move. Today's investors are not entering at the start of a rally but rather in the middle of a significant bull market, which affects the probability distribution of recent outcomes.

Educational Note: The "opportunity cost" in investing refers to the cost incurred by choosing one investment over another. Holding gold, which yields no return, instead of a 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yielding 4.6%, means an annual opportunity cost of 4.6%. Gold can only "outperform" bonds in terms of sustained holding if its price increase continues to exceed this yield — or in other words, if you believe the Treasury yield is not sufficient to compensate for the risks of holding dollar assets. This is a core trade-off that every gold investor implicitly bears.

Section 7 --- How to View Gold in Your Portfolio

Gold is best understood as portfolio insurance rather than a growth investment. Its value lies in preserving purchasing power and reducing portfolio volatility when other assets are under pressure. Most financial advisors who include gold in their allocations typically recommend a proportion of 5% to 10%, suitable for most investors.

The logic supporting holding a certain exposure to gold at this point is precisely the concerns recorded in the previous two reports. If you concluded after reading those reports — that the U.S. fiscal trajectory poses a real long-term risk to the purchasing power of the dollar, that rising yields are a structural shift rather than a temporary fluctuation, and that geopolitical fragmentation is creating ongoing uncertainty in global financial markets — then a moderate allocation to gold is a natural extension of that judgment.

The reasons against overly concentrated holdings of gold are equally clear. Gold generates no returns while held. In a positive economic scenario where inflation is controlled, fiscal issues are well managed, and real interest rates normalize at moderate positive levels, gold may significantly underperform bonds and stocks over the years. The same macro forces that make gold attractive in 2026 could reverse if fiscal policies improve or geopolitical conditions stabilize.

Investor allocation thought framework:

Investors seeking the simplest and most cost-effective long-term exposure to gold will find IAU or IAUM to be the most attractive entry options — IAU balances low cost, high liquidity, and the advantages of a large fund, while IAUM serves long-term holders purely aiming to minimize fee erosion with the lowest management fee.

Investors wishing for real ownership, independent of any financial institution and with no counterparty risk, will choose to purchase physical gold through reputable dealers and vault services, accepting trade-offs in storage and liquidity as the cost of achieving true independence from the financial system.

Investors looking for leveraged exposure to gold's upward momentum and who can bear company-level risks will study GDX (diversified mining exposure) or GDXJ (higher elasticity mid-cap mining exposure), understanding that mining stocks often decline more deeply than physical gold during corrections, while also rising more than physical gold in bull markets.

Section 8 --- Key Developments Worth Ongoing Attention

Trends in U.S. real interest rates. The most important single variable for determining gold price direction is whether real interest rates rise significantly. It is necessary to track both the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds and monthly CPI data simultaneously. If yields rise while inflation falls, real interest rates turn positive, and gold faces resistance; if inflation remains stubborn while yields are constrained by fiscal concerns, real interest rates remain low, and gold still has support.

U.S.-Iran negotiations and the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump indicated that a memorandum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached as early as the week of June 9. If both sides genuinely reach an agreement to reopen the strait, it will simultaneously lower energy prices, alleviate inflationary pressures, and eliminate the geopolitical premium in gold. This is the most noteworthy potential catalyst for downward pressure on gold prices in the near term.

Central bank gold purchase data. The World Gold Council releases demand data quarterly. The People's Bank of China added 8 tons in April 2026, the largest single-month purchase since December 2024. If this purchasing pace continues, it will maintain the structural demand floor that has supported gold since 2022.

Warsh presides over the first FOMC meeting on June 16-17. Any signals from Warsh regarding tolerance for inflation or inclination to tighten monetary policy will impact gold prices. A more hawkish stance implies potential rate hikes, which would be unfavorable for gold; a more dovish stance would be beneficial for gold.

Key price levels of $4,500 and $5,000. If prices continue to hold above $5,000, it will indicate a major upward trend restart and may attract more momentum buying. If prices consistently fall below $4,200 to $4,300, it suggests that the depth of correction exceeds expectations and may trigger a reassessment of recent arguments.

The forces that pushed gold from $2,624 to $5,589 — fiscal deterioration, concerns about dollar depreciation, central bank de-dollarization, geopolitical risks, and negative real interest rates — have not disappeared. After experiencing the U.S. debt milestone recorded in the previous report, these forces have not only remained but have deepened. Whether gold's next move is towards $5,000 and higher or experiences a longer consolidation at current levels, the structural logic of holding a certain exposure to gold in a diversified portfolio is rare in modern financial history, supported by such robust macro fundamentals.

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Data as of June 3, 2026.

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