Fresh from releasing his exhaustive 230-page annual report titled In Gold We Trust, Ronald Stoerferle joins us to summarize his forecast for the yellow metal.
Who is Ronald Stoerferle?
Ronarld Stoerferle is head of the strategy and portfolio management at Incrementum AG and the author of several books on Austrian economics.
His report concludes that gold is extremely cheap right now relative to the dollar. And he sees a new bull market beginning for the precious metal — one likely to quickly build momentum as the next (and long overdue) financial market correction arrives.
Why be bullish on Gold?
“We’re at the beginning of a new stage of a bull market.
“We’ve seen a massive correction with a big drawdown, but we’re now seeing the Commitment of Traders report suggesting that there’s been a washout. We’re seeing that sentiment is really negative. We’re seeing that nobody really cares about gold and mining stocks, and especially about silver. Silver is probably the biggest contrarian investment, though silver mining stocks are probably, even more, contrarian at the moment.
“We all know that the herd behavior in the sector is getting more extreme. I think it has got to do with career risk in the financial industry, so nobody really wants to make a contrarian call. But once we go above this $1,360-$1,380 resistance, which is also the neckline of a large inverse head & shoulder formation, I think gold will hit $1,500, $1,600 pretty quickly.
“The most important thing is: in comparison to all the monetary printing that we’ve seen in the last couple of years, gold got significantly cheaper. Gold, in monetary terms, is dirt cheap at the moment. We’re basically at the same levels as in 1971 when it comes to the gold backing of the US dollar. So gold is a bargain at this level.
“Of course, we need some sort of catalyst. I think one of the main catalysts will probably be recession fears coming up and the greater volatility in equity markets that’s going to go hand in hand. And we’ll see it sooner or later.
“We should not forget that stocks have been trading at or close to the all-time highs, that real estate has been doing really well, that bond markets have been doing well, that cryptocurrencies have been kind of stealing the show, that people regained trust in the financial system, in banks, and even in politicians. Inflation is not a big concern at the moment. We’re seeing rising rates and so on. Let’s face it: those things are not an extremely positive environment for gold. But still, it’s been doing pretty well.”
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