iShares Gold Trust Micro

IAUM

Market cap $5.71B

Gold's 54% surge puts ETFs like GLD in focus as investors seek refuge from market volatility and rising macro risks.

A weaker dollar, rate-cut bets and persistent uncertainty are fueling gold's rally, lifting demand for ETFs like GLD and GDX.

The price of gold has been on a spectacular run lately, hitting back-to-back record highs over the past two weeks and surging past the $4,300 per ounce mark on Oct. 17. Earlier in the session, gold was on track for its biggest weekly gain since September 2008, when the global market faced a financial crisis due to the collapse of Lehman Brothers (as reported by Reuters).

Gold remains a vital asset for wealth preservation, offering diversification, inflation hedging, and liquidity, with prices surging from $1,200 to $4,100 per oz (2015–2025). Lower interest rates, Basel III Endgame regulations, and central bank gold accumulation are expected to fuel further upside in gold prices. Persistent geopolitical conflicts, trade tensions, and economic uncertainty support gold's safe haven status and continued price appreciation.

SPDR Gold Shares ETF is a strong buy as central banks, especially China, accelerate gold accumulation and reduce U.S. Treasury exposure. GLD offers direct, liquid, and scalable exposure to gold, making it preferable to gold miner ETFs for capitalizing on this structural shift. Despite technical overbought signals, central bank buying and modest institutional positioning suggest the gold rally is in early stages.

Gold ETFs shine as bullion surges to $3,875 amid U.S. government shutdown, safe-haven demand, and a weakening dollar.

Gold surges 41% YTD and hits records as Fed cuts rates, dollar displays weakness and ETF inflows fuel demand, bringing GLD, IAU, SGDM and more into the spotlight.

Gold's rally is back on recession fears, tariffs and rate cut bets, fueling gains in ETFs like GLD, IAU, GLDM, SGOL and IAUM.

Gold, a quintessential safe haven in economic and market crises, declined in price in the last few days. With a number of factors at play, the short-term pullback will likely meet resistance to the long-term, unchanged fundamentals, making it worth consideration this year.

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