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The Long Gold Trade Still Has A Lot Of Positive Structural Things Going For It

Gold alone at the top

Gold, the only asset class with a Sharpe of >2 YTD. NASDAQ? A paltry 0.4 and does not even make it to the list. However, current gold rally barely registers when compared to the largest degree of spot up/vol up moves in gold historically. The long gold trade still has a lot of positive structural things going for it.

Source: GS

Gold - what if?

Structural Gold support

Source: UBS

Allocations to gold

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Gold positioning

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Xi's gold long...

Source: TS Lombard

but the PBoC gold has room to grow

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China beating India

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 Gold price still 40% below previous peak in real terms

Source: UBS
Source: UBS

Got GDX?

Source: Refinitiv

Gold volatility

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Source: UBS

Physical is physical

Source: JPM