Gold Prices Soared This Year. Will 2026 Bring More Record Highs?

KEY TAKEAWAYS The price of gold, driven by a confluence of factors, rallied to repeated new highs in 2025.Investment demand likely will persist in 2026, particularly if the global economy cools.Structural portfolio reallocation could further support the price of gold. Gold investors enjoyed an almost unprecedented price rally in 2025. The question now is how much the market run persists into the new year. In a world fraught with geopolitical and economic uncertainty, gold's safe-haven reputation thrive ...