How Much Gold Should You Own at 25, 45, or 65?

How much gold should you own at 25, 45, or 65? The right allocation isn’t a fixed percentage. It moves with your time horizon, income needs, and volatility tolerance, and this decade-by-decade framework shows you how, using the same models Morgan Stanley and Bridgewater actually rely on.
Gold Ran Past Wall Street’s Own Price Targets. Four Banks Disagree on What Happens Next.

Morgan Stanley’s fourth-quarter number arrived in August, after the bank had already cut it. UBS is sitting on its December figure. Wells Fargo trimmed while Citi raised. And that $202 million bet against gold? CNBC corrected the story. Five moves, one pattern.
JPMorgan Cut Its Gold Forecast by 25%. Here’s What Long-Term Holders Need to Know.

JPMorgan cut its Q4 2026 gold price forecast by 25% to $4,500 — down from $6,000 just 24 days earlier. Here’s the rate mechanism behind the cut, what the $3,500 downside scenario actually requires, and why JPMorgan’s long-term thesis on gold remains fully intact.
Gold Portfolio Allocation: Why Wall Street Is Rewriting the 60/40

For forty years, the 60/40 portfolio was the default prescription for the serious investor. That model worked because stocks and bonds moved in opposite directions when markets got scared. That relationship is broken — and the institutions that built trillion-dollar businesses on it are now replacing bonds with gold.
