Deep Pessimism The chart above shows the result of this week's survey. Only 6% of analysts believe that the price of gold will increase this week, although investors are optimistic. 63% of them believe that the performance of the gold market this week will be positive. Last week the price of gold fell sharply and reached below 3900 dollars per ounce. Now the price is $1700 lower than the peak at the end of January. There are different opinions about the long-term horizon of the market.