How to trade gold and bitcoin after the big stock market rebound

Gold has cooled aft a year-long rally that sent the commodity to a summation of 35%, but adjacent with stocks successful rebound mode, the marketplace hedge has country to determination higher, according to David Schassler, caput of multi-asset solutions astatine money manager Van Eck.

"I couldn't ideate a amended backdrop for gold," said Schassler connected this week's CNBC "ETF Edge." 

The U.S. authorities has "huge debt, immense spending and immense chaos" Schassler said, adding that helium doesn't spot that changing anytime soon. 

Hedge money icon David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital echoed that sentiment connected CNBC's "Closing Bell" successful an quality Wednesday from the Sohn Investment Conference. "There's a bipartisan statement to bash thing astir the shortage until we get to the adjacent crisis," helium said. 

Einhorn is agelong golden and said helium thinks it could scope $5,000 successful 2026.

Schaasler besides called for the terms of golden to deed $5,000 adjacent year. 

Gold has seen a large leap successful the past year, contempt a caller downturn.

Schassler is besides bullish connected the market's newer hedge, crypto, and sees the 2 plus classes moving successful the aforesaid direction. "Bitcoin is the risky relative of gold" helium said. 

While it is taxable to large swings successful sentiment and tin commercialized successful tandem with a risk-off determination successful stocks, bitcoin is up astir 60% successful the past year, and successful opposition to gold's caller dip, bitcoin is up 10% implicit the past month.

There are caller tools from the ETF manufacture investors whitethorn privation to see to seizure upside successful bitcoin portion limiting risk, according to VettaFi caput of probe Todd Rosenbluth. "I'm impressed with what's happening successful the options-based satellite with ETFs," helium said astir crypto ETFs with built-in extortion connected this week's "ETF Edge."

The usage of options to bounds volatility successful returns has become fashionable with equity ETFs, but Rosenbluth besides recommends investors see ETFs similar the Calamos Bitcoin 80 Series Structured Alt Protection ETF (CBTJ). There is an upside cap, but if the underlying assets autumn much than 20%, an investor's maximum nonaccomplishment stops there. 

Performance of bitcoin implicit the past one-year play done May 15, 2025.