Goldbug FOMO Is Setting Up the Market for a Fall

Published on February 14, 2025

Markets always look their very best at the top - that's increasingly the case with gold as it nears $3,000 a troy ounce. It's behaving like a Veblen good, an item for which, contrary to the laws of economics, demand increases with price.

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