The gold price was on a roller coaster ride in 2022. It touched an all-time high in March 2022, amid the Russia-Ukraine war, when the money flew from risky assets like equity to safe-haven assets like gold. Later, when the US Central Bank, the Federal Reserve , began its action to fight a four-decade-high inflation, volatility engulfed the financial markets. Gold prices also underwent significant push-and-pull due to the confluence of factors that affected all asset classes, including gold.