The US dollar is very strong and gold is flat against that currency. Against the Yen, the Pound, the CDN$ gold is up this year.
The Yen will soon be worthless so the price of gold in that currency will spike to infinity. Neither the Pound nor the Yen will replace the US dollar as a reserve currency.
The fact remains that the value of gold is and always will be manipulated just like stocks.
Very few people will ever have any practical use for physical gold, and it’s value beyond that is no greater than dollars or stocks.