RE:Long term trend for gold is higherCentral banks flooding the marketplace with liquidity created the stock market strength over the last 12 years. The end of Quantitative easing means these markets have peaked. Sustained inflation and rising interest rates herald a bear market. I don't think any of this has sunk in yet! I keep hearing "Buy the dip. Buy the dip"
The current silliness in the precious metals market aside I still think Gold and Silver will be the places to be in the 2020s.