Why You Should Add Gold to Your Portfolio Right Now

April 07, 2026 — 07:20 am EDT Written byMatthew BenjaminforThe Motley Fool-> Factors that pushed gold higher in recent years are likely to remain in place. Once the Iran war ends, the precious metal should resume its upward climb. Gold has fallen about 12% from the peak of $5,354 an ounce it touched in late January. That's after the price of the yellow metal soared more than 180% over the past five years. Much of that increase was due to central banks around the globe stocking up ongoldin order to diversify away from the dollar in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the U.S.'s respons