Investors keen to gain exposure to gold can invest in physical gold, buy shares of gold mining, streaming, or royalty companies like Barrick Gold (GOLD), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), or gold ETFs like SPDR Gold Shares (GLD). The organization cited a “relatively stable” U.S. dollar and interest rates, event risk hedging, and continued central bank demand as the reasons for the rise in gold prices. WGC thinks that despite signs of cooling inflation, stock market volatility coupled with event risk (like geopolitical or financial crisis) will likely support hedging strategies, like gold.