The Gold Playbook That History Keeps Repeating

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Let me ask you something.

Are you more likely to buy a house when mortgage rates are at 10% or 2%? What about a new car — would you rather have monthly payments of $250 or $100?

The answer is obvious, and you’re not the only one thinking that way.

When rates drop, another 100 million Americans are lined up at the door wanting to do the exact same thing. When that many buyers show up, supply and demand tell us prices are going to tick up.

We all saw this happen firsthand during the COVID years. Lower interest rates naturally lead to more buyers spending throughout the economy — but the end game is always the same: more inflation.

What History Says About Gold and Rate Cuts

Traditional wisdom says when inflation is hot and the rate-cut cycle is underway, there is one asset to buy: gold. And that’s not a bad bet when you look at what gold has done in recent rate-cut cycles.

Go back to the ’70s — the Fed cut rates and gold skyrocketed 369%. Then after 1975, it cut rates again and gold soared even higher, climbing 521%.

In the early 2000s, the Fed cut rates and gold took off, rallying 536%. Even during COVID, we saw it again — the Fed cut rates and gold surged once more.

These moves often come with periods of sharp volatility, including explosive runs of 170% or even 780%, followed by natural corrections. That’s simply how the metal trades when liquidity floods the system.

And it wasn’t just gold. Silver shocked nearly everyone after COVID, doubling in price in less than six months.

The setup was similar — low rates, rising inflation and buyers piling into hard assets. It’s a reminder that gold isn’t the only commodity that reacts to these cycles.

Silver often moves faster and more aggressively, expanding the opportunity set for traders who understand how these inflation waves ripple across metals.

The Bigger Picture

Rate cuts act like steroids for the economy in the short term. Buying activity picks up because financing gets cheaper. But that surge in demand pushes prices higher across the board — and that’s inflation.

At the same time, global behavior adds fuel to the fire. 

Major economies are buying gold on nearly every dip, and central banks have been scooping up supply at a pace we haven’t seen in years.

Strong international demand paired with domestic inflation pressure creates a tailwind that’s hard to ignore.

The pattern is consistent. When the Fed starts cutting and inflation starts heating up, gold tends to follow a specific playbook.

There will be pullbacks, there will be volatility and there will be moments that shake weak hands.

But the historical precedent is clear — the long-term trajectory in these cycles favors disciplined buyers.

Geof Smith
Geof Smith Trading 

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