 2023 Gold Outlook: Prepare for a Midsummer Rally2022 taught gold investors a very important lesson: The value of the U.S. dollar influences gold prices much more than inflation data. In fact, gold pretty much ignored rising U.S. inflation in 2022, despite prices increasing at their fastest levels in four decades. The beginning of 2022 started off strong for gold. Driven by a general rally in commodity prices stemming from geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine, gold prices blew past $2,000 an ounce in the first quarter of the year. And with inflation rapidly rising in America, many investors expected the rally in gold to continue. But that's not what happened. Despite annual inflation rising to a 40-year high — topping out at 9.1% in July — gold prices declined through November. Gold Prices — One Year It's traditionally believed that gold prices will always increase along with inflation of prices for things like food and energy. But 2022 showed gold investors that the value of the U.S. dollar is way more important to gold than current inflation data. Of course, there were multiple factors that contributed to gold's price decline in 2022. But the primary factor was the Federal Reserve's response to rising inflation and, more importantly, a subsequent rally in the U.S. dollar. Unexpected Stock Could Rocket 30x Because Because of the unprecedented demand for tech devices around the world driven by the explosive growth of Bitcoin and crypto mining... the rapid adoption of electric vehicles... the rollout of 5G wireless networks... and countless other emerging technologies... Most chipmakers simply can't keep up. One CEO admitted "we'll be chasing supply for the next 10 years." However, one American chip stock is perfectly positioned to dominate in this environment while its peers struggle. Over the next 90 days, shares could blast 30x higher. Now is the time to get in on the action. The initial response to inflation was to downplay increasing prices. Earlier this year, both the Federal Reserve and Biden administration tried to sell the public on the idea that elevated inflation levels were "transitory." But by May the Fed flip-flopped on that message with the largest interest rate hike since 1994. The Fed continued with aggressive rate hikes through the end of the year, taking the federal funds rate from 0.25%–0.50% in March to 3.75%–4.00% in November. These rate hikes triggered a major bull market of the U.S. dollar, taking its value to 20-year highs. As measured by the U.S. Dollar Index, the greenback increased almost 20% between January and September. U.S. Dollar Index — 25 Years Other factors propping up the U.S. dollar — and inversely weighing on gold prices — include weakness in foreign currencies throughout the year, particularly the euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Japanese yen. In short 2022 was an incredible year for the U.S. dollar, which gold prices very much inversely followed. And looking ahead to 2023, I think we can expect gold prices to continue inversely following the dollar. Biden's Spending "Blitz" Set to Launch $5 EV Firm Over $9 billion in federal cash is set to rain down on one overlooked sector of the EV market... And this flood of government capital could send one $5 stock soaring in short order. This could be the biggest EV story of our lifetime. Many economists are predicting either strength or sideways action in the USD through the middle of next year as foreign central banks deal with their own inflation issues. But after that, analysts are expecting the dollar to decline in the face of a U.S. recession. Wells Fargo, for one, said in its 2023 outlook:
If these predictions are accurate we should expect gold prices to remain mostly flat or lower in the first quarter. But after that we should expect to see prices for the yellow metal trend higher. I believe seasonal demand will continue to keep gold prices above $1,800 an ounce through February before a brief sell-off period in March/April. After that, however, I think we'll see gold easily reclaim the $2,000 level and move higher from there. How much higher will depend on the dollar. But it also depends on hype and speculation. $2,000 an ounce is a very important psychological level for gold. The yellow metal has topped the $2,000 level a few times. But it has always failed to stay over $2,000 an ounce for more than a few days. If gold prices sat above $2,000 for a few weeks, speculation on even higher prices would be more than likely. And that speculation could easily turn into hype, taking gold prices to ridiculous levels. I mean, just consider that Bitcoin was valued at almost $69,000 per BTC at one point. An NFT sold for $91.8 million! If the value of these alternative "assets" can soar so much, gold prices can too. At the end of the day, we are bullish to very bullish on gold prices for the upcoming year. Until next time,
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