QUESTION: You first publicly forecasted that gold would attain $5,000 per ounce in late 2009, particularly on November 7, 2009. You stated the earliest could be $5,000 by 2016 if there was worldwide warfare. However you stated that the $5,000 goal could be extra doubtless by 2027 to 2032. I imagine you stated your excessive goal was $12,000 however that was not extremely doubtless. You accurately stated that 2015 was the low on a 3-year correction and gold was simply $1100 if you made that forecast. Has something modified in almost 10 years?
Pete
ANSWER: The principle motive why I’ve tried to open Socrates to the world is in hopes that after 2032, we could enter an preliminary Darkish Age which means that society will fragment as international locations break aside and we shall be given the chance to recreate authorities from scratch. My interpretation just isn’t at all times appropriate. I’ve said many instances when I’ve tried to defeat my very own pc, I’m at all times unsuitable. No human is ever 100% infallible. We’d not be human in any other case.
That stated, nothing has modified. I perceive that individuals suppose when you can not forecast the place gold will shut tomorrow, how are you going to forecast 10 years upfront? The reply is opposite to what folks perceive. There’s a number of noise within the system. Whether or not gold closes $10 increased or $20 decrease tomorrow does NOT change the long-term pattern. I used to be a hedger. I wanted to create a mannequin for the key motion pictures – not for day buying and selling.
This yr 2025 was a MAJOR goal for a turning level. The subsequent one in 2027. That’s the place the pc nonetheless picks up considerably rising volatility from there into 2032. I nonetheless see that the concept of peace in Europe shall be destructive for costs. However I don’t see a 19-year decline as the pc projected in 1980, which was why I started to retire.
