We are getting closer to a panic level. We shouldn't expect too much for gold for the next couple of weeks due to weak seasonality and a big U-turn in interest rate expectations. The best analogy is climbing Mount Everest; you cannot run up it, you have to stop at base camp. Gold had a 60% return last year and now needs to digest this move. We are seeing panic in mining stocks, but a bottom is a process. I think we will test the $4,000 level, and you want to be an aggressive buyer there.
The long-term price target is almost exactly the height of Mount Everest (8,900 meters). People forget the magnitude of last year's return for a large asset class like gold.