Gold prices hit new highs earlier this month, propelled by record low interest rates in many regions, inflation worries, and mounting government debt. Yet PIMCO's valuation model indicates gold remains attractively valued, even at these levels.
Valuation on a real-yield-adjusted basis
Our framework is based on our assessment that while many factors influence the price of gold, only one explains the majority of moves over the past decade: changes in the real (i.e., inflation-adjusted) yield of government bonds. As we've written previously, gold, by its nature, essentially has a real yield of zero - so