Everyone is talking about gold again - the price is scratching the USD 3,000 mark and analysts still see room for improvement! 📈 But what is behind this rise? Is it still worth getting in, or is a correction looming?

💡 Why is the price of gold rising so sharply?

🔸 Central banks as gold buyers - Countries such as China and India are buying gold on a massive scale to make themselves less dependent on the US dollar.

🔸 Inflation fears & recession worries - Gold remains THE safe haven in economically uncertain times.

🔸 Weakness of the US dollar - A weaker dollar continues to drive demand for gold.

🔸 Geopolitical tensions - Conflicts and trade wars increase investors' need for security.

📊 Expert forecasts for 2025:

🔹 BNP Paribas: Gold above USD 3,100 in the next few months?

🔹 London Bullion Market Association: Average gold price at USD 2,737 in 2025?

🔹 Some analysts are even talking about USD 3,500 as the next target!

💰 How can you invest in gold now?

✅ Physical gold: Maximum security, but storage costs. Ideal for long-term hedging.

👉🏽 $4GLD (-0.92%) - $DE000EWG0LD1 (-0.49%) - $EUWAX

✅ Gold ETFs: Easy to trade, liquid, no storage problems. Perfect for a quick start.

👉🏽 $GLD (-0.87%)

✅ Gold mining shares: Higher profit potential, but also higher risks.

👉🏽 $ABX

✅ Royalty & streaming companiesInvestment in gold mining projects with regular income.

👉🏽 $FNV (-2.05%)

📢 Buy now or wait?

Some experts warn of a possible correction - others see only the beginning of a mega rally! 🚀

💬 What do you think? Will the gold boom continue, or will things get dicey soon? Are you invested or are you waiting for better entry opportunities?

🔥 Leave a like if you have gold in your portfolio! 💛

We are now officially in phase two of the bull market:

Excitement.

At just over USD 61,000, the price is $BTC (+0.99%) only 11% away from its all-time high in November '21.

This is the phase in which many people realize with astonishment that crypto still exists and Coinbase shoots from position 435 to the top of the App Store charts (current status: #153).

The strong demand on the part of #etfswhich exceeds even the wildest expectations, continues to ensure that significantly more Magic Internet Coins are absorbed than sold.

On Wednesday, they set a new record with net inflows of USD 673.4 million.

Among the ETFs, BlackRocks $IBIT seems to be in a league of its own.

Here are three mind-boggling statistics:

• $IBIT recorded more volume on Wednesday, with $3.3 billion in trading volume, than the $QQQthe largest NASDAQ 100 Index ETF.
• Just seven weeks after its launch, BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF already has nearly $10 billion in assets under management. $GLD (-0.87%)The , the largest gold ETF, took more than two years to reach a comparable volume.
• $IBIT is one of BlackRock's 417 ETFs in the US, but is already responsible for 42% of all net inflows this year.

And even if the volume was somewhat lower yesterday, there is much to suggest that the ETF machinery is still only just starting to heat up.

It was announced yesterday that customers of Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo can now also invest in ETFs

Rumor has it that Morgan Stanley and UBS will follow suit this month, accelerating their approval process in response to strong demand.

And who knows? Perhaps Vanguard will follow next year at the latest. After all, its CEO Tim Buckley announced yesterday that he would be leaving the world's second-largest asset manager at the end of 2024.

What do you think of the latest run?

Will we break through the all-time high of $BTC (+0.99%)
in the coming days/weeks, or are we in for a major correction first?

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Sources:

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/wells-fargo-and-bank-of-americas-merrill-are-now-offering-spot-bitcoin-etfs-to-clients

https://twitter.com/AP_Abacus/status/1763005940997968017?s=20

https://ch.marketscreener.com/boerse-nachrichten/nachrichten/Vanguard-CEO-Buckley-geht-zum-Jahresende-in-den-Ruhestand-46066705/