Chinese investors continue flooding into gold amide economic chaos. Take a look at what that might mean for the price of gold by the end of 2025.
China’s Gold Rush
May 9 (King World News) – Gerald Celente: Chinese investors poured the equivalent of $7.4 billion into gold-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in April, a record pace as trade with the U.S. began to collapse under Donald Trump’s trade war and the country’s domestic economy continues to face an uncertain future.
The investment was the equivalent of 70 metric tons of the metal, more than twice the previous record for Chinese retail investors, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).
“While we have seen ETF demand from other regions, China is in the lead now,” WGC senior strategist John Reade wrote in a statement.
China now holds 6 percent of the world’s gold ETF shares after beginning this year with 3 percent.
China’s controls over capital movement give investors limited options. The country’s real estate market is still struggling to work through a crisis; equity values are largely down. Gold is one of the few promising options.
Globally, gold has been among the best-performing assets since Donald Trump’s election in November. Early “Trump trades”—bets that the U.S. stock market, dollar, and other U.S.-focused investments would soar with Trump as president—boomed early but have flopped since.
Gold’s price briefly surpassed $3,500 last week.
The frenzy has prompted the Shanghai Gold Exchange to warn buyers to “manage risks and make rational investment decisions in light of recent gold price fluctuations.”
“It’s just like when stocks rise and mom-and-pop investors rush to open securities accounts,” an unnamed manager at a Shanghai brokerage told the Financial Times. “With prices soaring, people think buying gold is a sure way to make money.”
During this year’s first quarter, global demand for gold reached 1,206 metric tons, 1 percent more than the same period in 2024, the WGC noted.
TREND FORECAST: $4,000 Gold?
Again, The Trends Journal has long been bullish on gold and we forecast as a result of the dire socioeconomic and geopolitical conditions ravaging the world, gold prices may well spike to above $4,000 per ounce by the end of this year.
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