Last week, gold did something no other asset in human history has ever done.
It crossed a $30 trillion global market capitalization — not Apple, not Bitcoin, not the entire S&P 500. Gold.
That milestone didn’t happen quietly.
It came after one of the most explosive runs in precious metal history, with gold prices shattering record after record and silver charging alongside it like a loyal, furious younger brother.
Now, over the past few trading sessions, both metals have pulled back. Gold has slipped from its all-time highs. Silver, too, has eased off.
And I’m here to tell you: This is exactly what we wanted to see.
Because this isn’t the end of the run.
It’s the breather before the next sprint.
Overshooting the Prophet’s Target
Back in 2024, I published my gold forecast for 2025: $3,138 an ounce.
I published that price target in October 2024. Gold ended 2024 at a price of $2,629.
My prediction of $3,138 would’ve been a 19% gain over 2024’s highs.
That prediction, bold as it seemed, was rooted in math, monetary policy, and the unrelenting rhythm of history.
Well, gold didn’t just hit that target.
It lapped it — nearly three times over.
By the summer of 2025, gold had surged well past $3,000… and $3,500… and it even nearly grazed the $4,400 mark just last week.
The $30 trillion global cap was the fireworks finale of a move that stunned mainstream economists and vindicated every single one of my MoneyQuake readers.
If you’ve been with me since White Paper #2, you know this surge wasn’t luck.
It was inevitable.
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The Power of the Pause
Every great bull market breathes.
That’s the law of momentum.
After a monumental sprint, gold is pausing to gather strength.
Traders call it a correction.
I call it the power pause — a healthy reset that shakes out the weak hands before the next leap higher.
Remember: Gold just became the most valuable asset class in world history. A pullback here isn’t a warning — it’s a gift.
In fact, this is how secular bull markets behave. The 1970s gold run saw multiple 15%–25% dips before prices soared 600% higher. In fact, in the 1970s, gold ran up a total of 2,400%!
The 2001–2011 supercycle? Same story.
So when I see gold consolidating after rewriting the record books, I don’t flinch.
I reload.
The Conjoined Twins of the MoneyQuake
The MoneyQuake — my term for the tectonic shift now rattling the world economy — has always been about two forces moving in perfect, dangerous harmony.
Think of them as conjoined twins.
One twin is Technology: AI, robotics, quantum computing, blockchain, and the massive energy infrastructure they demand.
The other twin is Commodities: the raw materials — lithium, uranium, copper, antimony, gold — that feed their exponential growth.
You can’t separate them.
When one grows, the other must grow. They share the same vascular system of capital, labor, and energy.
Right now we’re seeing that connection in real time.
AI data centers are devouring more power than entire nations. Defense tech is scaling like it’s 1942 again. Crypto mining is pushing energy grids to their limits.
And to sustain it all — to build it, wire it, and store it — we need minerals, metals, and money itself.
That’s why the long-term thesis for gold remains unshakable.
Because gold isn’t just a hedge anymore.
It’s the foundation of the next global system — the counterweight to digital chaos.
Foreign Capital Is Flooding Back to America
Consider what just happened this week: Japan agreed to invest $550 billion in the United States.
That’s not a typo.
It’s one of the largest foreign direct investment commitments in history.
The world’s third-largest economy has effectively declared: “America is the safest, strongest, most profitable place to park our capital.”
Factories, semiconductor plants, EV facilities, AI labs — all of it being built on U.S. soil.
Why? Because America isn’t just back — it’s irresistible.
The U.S. is the new magnet for global capital.
And every foreign dollar that crosses the Pacific adds pressure to the dollar system itself — forcing central banks to diversify their reserves.
What’s the most trusted reserve asset on Earth?
Gold.
Asia Is Taking the Baton
Look east and you’ll see the same story.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas — the central bank of the Philippines — has started selling small portions of its reserves, not because it’s bearish on gold, but to rebalance and prepare for future accumulation. The Bank of Korea, while cautious in the short term, admitted it’s considering long-term gold purchases for stability.
These aren’t sales.
They’re scouting missions.
Asia’s central banks already hold the strongest hands in the gold market. China, India, Singapore, and Thailand have quietly stockpiled record reserves for five straight years.
The East is building a golden firewall against Western debt contagion — and they’re doing it methodically, with every correction viewed as an opportunity.
The U.S. Is Now the World’s Safe Haven — but Gold Is the Vault
The irony is poetic.
Foreign nations are rushing into the U.S. — not because they love the dollar but because they trust American assets, innovation, and rule of law. Yet the same money that builds factories in Ohio or Arizona still looks for stability in something more enduring.
That “something” is gold.
That’s why the recent pullback hasn’t triggered panic among institutional investors. Instead, it’s sparked quiet accumulation. The same funds that sold small lots above $4,000 will be buying with both hands at $3,600.
It’s a transfer — from speculators to long-term stewards.
And it’s exactly how the next leg up begins.
Gold’s Role in the New Industrial Renaissance
This new era — this MoneyQuake — isn’t just about shiny metal in vaults. It’s about gold’s function in the digital-industrial matrix.
In a world of tokenized assets, sovereign wealth funds, and AI-driven risk models, gold is morphing from a passive store of value into an active digital reserve.
We’re already seeing early versions of this through tokenized gold platforms, asset-backed digital reserves, and even hybrid systems like NatGold — tokenizing certified, unmined reserves into tradable, yield-bearing digital assets.
This evolution isn’t speculative. It’s inevitable.
Because when capital flows through quantum networks and decentralized finance rails, it needs a universal denominator — a constant.
Gold has always been that constant.
Now it’s going digital.
Why I’m Still Long — and Strong
Let me be clear: The MoneyQuake is far from over.
If anything, this pullback gives investors a once-in-a-decade reset button.
History tells us that when gold consolidates after a record run, the next phase is almost always more explosive.
In 1976, after hitting $200 an ounce, gold crashed 47% — only to rocket to $850 four years later.
In 2008, it fell 30% — then tripled to new highs by 2011.
Today’s environment is far more bullish than either of those periods.
We have $38 trillion in U.S. national debt… central banks buying gold at the fastest pace since 1950… AI demand for metals off the charts… and geopolitical fault lines widening by the day.
This isn’t just a correction.
It’s an intermission.
The Next Act
When the curtain rises on the next phase of this bull market, gold will resume its climb toward $5,000 — and beyond.
Silver, the forgotten twin, will likely outperform on a percentage basis, just as it did in the final legs of previous cycles.
The catalysts are everywhere:
- Central banks continuing to diversify from dollars
- Sovereign wealth funds treating gold as Tier 1 collateral
- The rise of tokenized gold assets
- U.S. industrial re-onshoring driving metal demand through the roof
And underpinning it all is that single, seismic truth: Technology and commodities are conjoined.
The AI revolution doesn’t happen without copper. The energy revolution doesn’t happen without uranium. The new digital financial order doesn’t happen without gold.
When one twin grows, the other must grow — or both perish.
The Wealth Daily Bottom Line
So, yes — gold is catching its breath.
But don’t confuse exhaustion with weakness.
The bull market isn’t over; it’s reloading.
The long-term thesis is unbreakable.
When I set my $3,138 price target for 2025, I wanted to give readers a realistic north star — a benchmark that balanced optimism with discipline.
Gold didn’t just meet it.
It obliterated it.
And while prices may be dipping now, remember this: Every major surge in history began during a period of doubt.
That’s where we are right now — the eye of the storm.
Foreign capital is flooding into the United States.
Central banks are quietly rebuilding their golden walls.
And the conjoined twins of technology and commodities are feeding each other like never before.
When the next wave hits — and it will — gold’s climb from $30 trillion to $40 trillion will rewrite every investing rulebook ever written.
The smart money isn’t leaving.
It’s waiting.
So should you.
Get to the good, green grass first…
The Prophet of Profit,
Brian Hicks
Check us out on YouTube!Brian is a founding member and President of Angel Publishing. He writes about general investment strategies for Wealth Daily and Energy and Capital. Brian is the managing editor and investment director of R.I.C.H Report (Retired Independent Carefree Healthy), New World Assets and Extreme Opportunities. For more on Brian, take a look at his editor’s page.
