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Gold's niche status means big upside if investors pile in
By Jack Ryan
Bloomberg News
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Gold is by some measures one of the biggest asset classes around, but its size obscures a market that would struggle to absorb billions of dollars from nervous bond investors without a sharp rise in prices.
More than $30 trillion of the metal is estimated to exist above ground. Earlier this year the dominant London spot market saw well over $1 trillion worth of gold change hands in a single week.
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That will grow only if efforts to contain long-term U.S. borrowing costs continue to breathe life into the debasement trade -- buying gold on fears that policymakers will tame the debt burden by holding down rates and eroding the dollar’s value.
While turnover in global gold easily exceeds $300 billion almost every day, much of that reflects rapid-fire trading by banks, market makers, algorithmic funds, and currency traders, rather than dollars of fresh investment competing for available metal.
Gold, after all, still makes up a relatively small share of Western investors' portfolios, particularly after years of stunning gains in U.S. equities. ...
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