{"id":13036,"date":"2025-10-17T06:25:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/bets-hedged-amid-hopes-for-gold-price-to-reach-5-000-mark-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:09","slug":"bets-hedged-amid-hopes-for-gold-price-to-reach-5-000-mark-soon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bets-hedged-amid-hopes-for-gold-price-to-reach-5-000-mark-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bets hedged amid hopes for gold price to reach $5 000 mark soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Analysts say the metal is poised for its best week in 5 years as signs of weakness in United States regional banks, global trade frictions, and expectations of more rate cuts sent investors flocking to the safe haven.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">They have hedged their bets on the yellow metal reaching the $5 000 mark soon, with expectations that a short-term correction is likely to shake out weaker hands and attract fresh dip buyers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13037,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-13036","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The price of gold has risen to a new high above $4 300 an ounce this morning to $4 364 an ounce, up $131 from yesterday morning's price of $4 233 per ounce||The price of gold has risen to a new high above $4 300 an ounce this morning to $4 364 an ounce, up $131 from yesterday morning's price of $4 233 per ounce","published_date":"2025-10-17 00:00:00||2025-10-17 00:00:00","news_description":"The price of gold has risen to a new high above $4 300 an ounce this morning to $4 364 an ounce, up $131 from yesterday morning's price of $4 233 per ounce||The price of gold has risen to a new high above $4 300 an ounce this morning to $4 364 an ounce, up $131 from yesterday morning's price of $4 233 per ounce","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18347,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13036\/revisions\/18347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}