Éric Lemieux: No Gold Bubble
July 25, 2011 at 14:30 PM EDT
The Gold Report: When you last spoke with The Gold Report in May of 2010, you gave Laurentian Securities’ price forecasts for gold that turned out to be pretty conservative pretty quickly. What are you predicting for gold prices now? Éric Lemieux: I was quite conservative, and obviously, I underestimated gold’s momentum. I think right now the price of $1,600/oz. is set to go even higher in light of the increasing global economic turmoil. The U.S. debt ceiling and credit rating will fuel gold’s price rise to even greater heights. Add in the European bankruptcy threats and you have the catalysts to justify gold’s further appreciation. Demand is largely based upon the view that gold is effectively a monetary . . . → Read More: Éric Lemieux: No Gold Bubble