Why Mounting Pandemic And Vaccine Concerns May Create A Surge In Gold Prices - FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Many reports on "The Street" feel that, with the gold price rising to new heights amid the coronavirus pandemic, a shakeout upon the arrival of a vaccine was inevitable. Still, the intermediate-term outlook for gold stocks and the gold price looks reasonably bright, because Fed policy is likely to remain ultra-easy for years to come, while policymakers test their new conviction that inflation is no longer a threat. Yet clarity on the near-term outlook for the gold price and gold stocks may wait until the Fed's Dec. 16 policy update, which could bring a change in its asset-purchase program. The Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections in Georgia also might serve as a positive catalyst for the gold price and help gold stocks regain lost luster. But, depending on the outcomes, they also could serve to deepen negative sentiment. A CNBC article said that Gold's recent rising is affected by: "…increasing coronavirus infections globally re-ignited concerns about the economic toll from the pandemic, while skepticism over the reach of a potential COVID-19 vaccine further boosted the safe-haven metal." Active stocks in the mining markets this week include