Gold is a fascinating asset. It’s almost as if the worse things seem, the stronger the case gets for its upside. Gold’s in the middle of a strong bull rally and is up almost 5% year-to-date and over 18% since November 3, 2022.

About a year ago, the world faced another COVID variant and inflation that was no longer “transitory.” Yet something bigger was about to occur, and there were already whispers of it. A month and a half after New Year’s Day, on February 24, 2022, Russia did the unthinkable and shook up the world order.