Gold price expected to hit US$3,000 per ounce this year

Gold price expected to hit US$3,000 per ounce this year

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Gold prices are going up amid US President Donald Trump’s resumed tariff wars. This past Friday, gold hit a record high price at one point at US$2,886 per ounce. Experts say the price of gold may hit US$3,000 in the year ahead as investors seek to de-risk from inflation.

A dazzling array of gold pieces displayed at this jewelry store. But the price of gold now is not for the faint of heart. It’s now NT$11,760 per mace, or 3.75 grams.

Cheng Ju-fang
Jeweler
This weighs 2.63 maces, which is a little over NT$30,000.

This gold amulet may look dainty, but it costs an eye-watering NT$31,800. But there are still buyers willing to pay for such high prices.

Cheng Ju-fang
Jeweler
There are buyers and also sellers. Some people see how high gold prices are, so they thought they’d sell some of their collection. Gold is the best medium for inflation risk management, because you can just grab them and go.

Chen You-chung
Financial analyst
The main reason being that over the Spring Festival, buyers mainly from China and India prefer buying gold jewelry, which significantly pushes up gold prices. The second reason could be because of Trump’s recent talks of tariffs.

This past Friday, gold hit a record high of US$2,886 per ounce at one point. That’s 42% higher than US$2,032 in March last year. It’s also outperformed bitcoin so far this year in returns.

Chen You-chung
Financial analyst
Bitcoin is for the risk-seeking, so bitcoin prices tend to go really high as investors seek risk. But the market is more inclined toward risk-aversion in recent periods, so that’s more favorable toward gold prices and less favorable toward bitcoin.

With favorable market conditions, analysts expect gold price to reach US$3,000 per ounce this year, keeping investors on their toes.

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1兩黃金11.7萬多元創新高每盎司上看3000美元

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受到川普關稅政策以及通膨陰影下，避險的黃金也越受到民眾青睞，因此黃金價格，一度創新高，飆到每盎司2886美元新天價，連帶讓今天(10號)的銀樓牌價，來到每錢11760元。專家也推估，今年黃金價格，有望上看3000元大關。

銀樓內，映入眼簾的是，各種金燦燦的飾品，讓人眼睛一亮，但卻讓人望而卻步，因為金價又漲了，來到每錢11760元！

[[銀樓老闆娘鄭如芳]]
“這一個的話是2.63錢，2.63錢的話就大概是3萬多塊”

金光閃閃的吉祥金鎖片，別看他薄薄一片，卻要價31800元，真的很嚇人，但買氣卻不受影響！

[[銀樓老闆娘鄭如芳]]
“買的人也有，賣的人也有。有些人看說黃金這麼高，那我以前存的黃金，我就可以現在趕快拿出來賣。黃金是抗通膨的最佳避險工具，因為黃金你隨手就可以把它帶著走”

[[金控分析師陳有忠]]
“主要原因是受到春節期間，中國和印度為主，紛紛偏愛採購金飾，大幅推高金價走勢，第二是受到川普近期關稅的言論”

上週五(7號)黃金價格，盤中一度創下歷史新高，每盎司2886美元，相比去年3月的2032美元，漲幅高達百分之42，另外，今年的黃金表現，相較比特幣，更加亮眼！

[[金控分析師陳有忠]]
“比特幣的話是一個風險愛好者，所以在風險追逐之下的話，比特幣都容易攀高，不過近期的話市場上氣氛比較趨於避險，所以至於說是比較有利於金價，而不利於比特幣”

金價驚驚漲，專家推測今年金價，有望突破3000元大關，想要投資避險的民眾得停看聽。

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