Gold Doesn’t Care Who Wins the Election

by Michael J. Kosares
USA Gold

Founder, USAGOLD and author of The ABCs of Gold Investing – How to Protect and Build Your Wealth with Gold

“Gold prices have enjoyed a hefty climb so far this year as the market continues to guess the pace and timing of the next U.S. interest-rate hike, but the battle for the U.S. presidency is set to take center stage as Election Day nears. And it doesn’t matter if Republican Party nominee Donald Trump or Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton moves on to be the next president of the United States—gold is likely to come out a winner, George Milling-Stanley, head of gold investment strategy at State Street Global Advisors.” –– Myra Saefong/MarketWatch/10-19-2016

Gold is not just an inert metal, it is also an indifferent metal. It doesn’t care who wins the election. It is apolitical – one might even call it politically agnostic. In the end, it will respond to the macro-economic situation globally as it unfolds no matter who sits behind the desk in the Oval Office. It will assume, as it has in the past, that presidents can only do so much no matter what political agenda he or she intends. Washington, it says, is not Mount Olympus where the gods dwell, but the place where a mere mortal will take the stage January 20, 2017 – for better or worse.

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