They then apply a regime - switching test to estimate whether deviations of actual gold price from fundamental value
enter bubble territory over their sample period.
Buying something after
it enters bubble territory can be very profitable, because huge gains will often occur AFTER valuation reaches a point where it no longer makes sense to a level - headed investor.
Even traditionally low - risk assets such as U.S. Treasuries and German bunds have arguably
entered bubble territory, spurred by those measly or negative interest rates and central bank buying.
I've been asking myself that question for the past 2 or 3 years, that is, since I began thinking that we had
entered bubble territory.
Not exact matches
However, we are still a distance away from
entering into a
bubble territory when compared with the forward P / E of 24, recorded during the heights of the dotcom
bubble.
I believe gold is
entering classic
bubble territory.