Gold Is Rising — And This Time, It's Not Coming Back Down Gently

Keith Kohl

Written By Keith Kohl

Posted July 18, 2025

Gold has been known to make a scene. But lately, it’s been commanding the entire stage.

After years of lurking quietly in the background — the misunderstood introvert of global finance — gold is back in the spotlight, and it’s not playing a supporting role anymore. 

As you know, gold has been recently trading just shy of $3,360 per ounce, up over 27% on the year and only a few strides away from its all-time high.

But if you believe the World Gold Council’s baseline projection, that strength isn’t going anywhere… in fact, it might just be the opening act of something much, much bigger.

The numbers here are downright stubborn. 

Gold has logged gains in four of the last six weeks. It’s posted its biggest two-week rally since June. It outperformed oil, copper, and nearly every equity index that doesn’t have the word “AI” taped to its forehead. 

And here’s the kicker: No one seems ready for what’s coming next.

Let’s start with the dollar, that creaky cornerstone of the global monetary system. Once the world’s unshakable reserve currency, the greenback is now limping under the weight of rising debt, swelling deficits, and international skepticism. 

Trade partners are diversifying away from it, and even Harvard economists are openly questioning its long-term credibility. 

Meanwhile, central banks, perhaps the most conservative hoarders on Earth, are doing something almost unthinkable: Buying gold instead. The World Gold Council recently reported that 29% of them plan to increase gold reserves this year — a figure that hasn’t been that high since the Cold War had its own merchandise line. 

Of course, the People’s Bank of China hasn’t missed a month of gold buying since 2023. And as we both already know full well, Poland, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Turkey — all of them are quietly stocking their vaults like war is on the horizon.

At the same time, inflation has become the monster under the global economy’s bed. It might not scream every night anymore, but it’s still there, breathing heavily and tossing its weight around in every economic projection. 

The Federal Reserve’s signals remain conflicted, and now we have the added drama of a president who seems to think the central bank should take orders like a waiter at Mar-a-Lago. 

Whether or not you’re a diehard fan of the President, his flirtation with removing Jerome Powell has reintroduced a kind of monetary risk that hasn’t existed in decades. 

And as if that weren’t enough, we’re smack in the middle of a trade war sequel nobody asked for. President Trump’s latest 50% tariff on copper imports is already disrupting supply chains and hammering manufacturers, while his 35% levy on Canadian goods threatens to drag even America’s most polite trading partner into the crosshairs. 

If tariffs are weapons, this administration is starting to dual-wield, and the resulting uncertainty is gold’s favorite dinner guest. 

Even Wall Street, which spent most of the last decade ignoring gold in favor of whatever tech stock had changed its name and business plan to include the letters “AI” is waking up. 

BCA Research, a firm hardly known for pyrotechnics, now predicts gold will outperform all other cyclical commodities for the rest of the year. 

But this isn’t just about short-term safe haven flows anymore. It’s about structural positioning — gold is being repriced as a core asset in a world where currencies are unmoored, debt is limitless, and leadership is a revolving door of chaos.

So where does that leave the investment herd?

Right where they always are — behind the curve.

You see, the problem isn’t believing in gold’s value. Most people do. They see the headlines, feel the pinch at the grocery store, and understand, at some lizard-brain level, that fiat currency is a faith-based product wearing a tattered costume. 

The issue is how to actually own gold in a way that makes sense in the year 2025.

I’ve told you before that buying physical gold is romantic right up until you have to figure out where to store it, how to insure it, and what to do when you want to sell without driving to a strip mall where a guy named Don appraises your life savings with a shrug. ETFs promise exposure but deliver paperwork, management fees, and counterparty risk. Mining stocks are whiplash-inducing adventures in operational roulette. Even central banks, with all their resources, are still dependent on vaults and logistics.

In recent years, investors have poured into Bitcoin — a digital asset with no intrinsic value, no physical form, and enough volatility to make a day trader reach for a Xanax. 

And yet, here we are in July, and Bitcoin has broken through $123,000 while slightly overtaking gold as the top-performing asset of the year. 

Not because it's better, mind you, but because it's easier. 

Easier to buy, easier to hold, easier to move.

And THAT, dear reader, is where an investment like NatGold starts to make sense.

The investment herd hasn’t caught on, mostly because you won’t find NatGold on CNBC just yet. It doesn’t have a TV commercial or a stadium naming deal. 

But it does offer something worth noting: Real, verified, in-ground gold reserves, digitized and tokenized on the blockchain. 

No mining. No shipping. No storage. Just real gold made accessible through modern financial rails.

It’s not Bitcoin. And it’s not a gold ETF

It’s what happens when you stop trying to digitize dollars and start digitizing value. It’s the quiet solution to an increasingly loud problem: how to preserve wealth in a system that no longer deserves your trust.

Look, the point here isn’t to pitch. The point is to prepare.

Because if gold continues on its current trajectory — and the catalysts suggest it will — then the opportunity isn’t just in gold itself, but in how gold is owned, moved, and monetized in the years ahead.

Central banks are already adapting, and it’s only a matter of time before the herd catches up. 

Still looking to stay one step ahead?

Well, then I recommend you check out the opportunity behind NatGold right away. 

I’ve compiled all the details you need to get started right here, and I recommend you take a moment out of your day and see this for yourself, absolutely free. 

Until next time,

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