We expect the same drivers that propelled gold in 2020 to continue in 2021. Later in the year, the world will become a very different place once the U.S. and other nations achieve herd immunity. Here we try to identify the remaining risks that might drive gold once the virus has been tamed:
- Negative Rates & Asset Bubbles—Foremost is the risk from the distorting influence negative nominal rates, negative real rates and zero rate policies have on the markets.
- Debt—A second risk is the huge debt load carried by governments and corporations.
- New Administration—Expected policies of the incoming Biden Administration are a third risk. Campaign promises
- Inflation—Inflation is another risk that may take many investors by surprise.
- Weakening U.S. Dollar—The DXY fell 6.8% in 2020.
MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index vs. Gold Price
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Joe Foster has been Portfolio Manager for the VanEck International Investors Gold Fund since 1998 and the VanEck – Global Gold UCITS Fund since 2012. Mr. Foster, an acknowledged authority on gold, has over 10 years of dedicated experience in geology and mining including as a gold geologist in Nevada. He has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron's, and on Reuters, CNBC and Bloomberg TV. Mr. Foster has also published articles in a number of mining journals, including Mining Engineering and Geological Society of Nevada.
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