The consensus for the gold price is about $2300 for 2012, Alf Field puts it at $4500 in the not too distant future, lets be bold and make a guess at $3000 for 2012 which is less than a third away from the $10000 that some are predicting before this ends.

It would make predicting the price of gold a lot more interesting if there were a time limit and a prize at the end, I am sure everyone would then be interesting in making a forecast.