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gold Aug 15, 2026

Gold Pulled Back From a 2-Month High. Shipping Through Hormuz Is Still 90% Below Normal.

Gold retreated Friday as traders priced out a Fed hike and booked profits. The physical war risk that drove the rally in the first place didn't go anywhere.

ounce-by-ounce Aug 14, 2026

Coins, Bars, or Rounds?

Silver coins, bars, and rounds all look the same on the outside — but their premiums, liquidity, and resale value can be worlds apart.

gold Aug 13, 2026

Producer Prices Cooled to 4.7%. Gold and Silver Fell Anyway.

July PPI came in flat, missing forecasts, and the annual rate dropped to 4.7% from 5.5%. Gold and silver sold off on the news anyway.

gold Aug 12, 2026

The CPI Report Told Us Nothing New. Gold and Silver Rallied Anyway.

July CPI matched forecasts exactly. Gold still climbed 1.36% to $4,427 and silver jumped 2.51% to $66.20. Here's why boring data moved the market.

gold Aug 12, 2026

Midweek Precious Metals Report

Gold just touched $4,400+ for the first time since early June, silver spiked to a 7-week high before reversing hard, and we're hours away from the report that could decide where both metals go next.

gold Aug 11, 2026

Gold Cracked $4,400. Silver Broke $65. This Time the War Actually Explains It.

Gold hit $4,445 and silver topped $65 for the first time since June, as a weak jobs report and a collapsed Iran deal hit at the same time.

ounce-by-ounce Aug 10, 2026

2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Set: Worth It, or Just Nice Plastic?

The U.S. Mint just released the 2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Proof Set to mark America's 250th anniversary — ten proof coins, five new silver quarters, and the first new half dollar and dime designs in decades.

gold Aug 10, 2026

China Just Made Its Biggest Gold Buy Since 2023. That's Month 21.

The PBOC added 20 tonnes of gold in July, its largest monthly purchase in nearly three years, extending a buying streak that's now 21 months long.

gold Aug 9, 2026

Europe Bought $2 Billion in Gold ETFs Last Month. America Bought $71 Million.

European gold ETFs had their second-best month of the year in July while North American funds stayed stuck in a year-to-date deficit. That's not noise.

gold Aug 8, 2026

The Hormuz 'Deal' Markets Are Celebrating Isn't a Deal. It's a Toll Fight.

Iran wants 5-7% of every cargo's value to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Shipping insiders say the deal can't actually work. Gold priced in peace anyway.

gold Aug 7, 2026

A Bad Jobs Report Just Gutted the Fed's Hike Case. Gold and Silver Are Cashing In.

Payrolls fell 23,000 when Wall Street expected a gain of 80,000. Gold and silver spiked within hours — here's the actual chain of cause and effect.

silver Aug 6, 2026

Silver Is Down 16% This Year and Up 60% in Twelve Months. The Real Story Is Neither.

Depending on where you start the chart, silver is either a disaster or the trade of the decade. The market is heading into its sixth straight supply deficit either way.

ounce-by-ounce Aug 6, 2026

Why Gold & Silver Are Exploding Right Now

Gold just hit a 7-week high and silver is right behind it — but this isn't the fear-driven spike most headlines are calling it.

ounce-by-ounce Aug 5, 2026

How Scammers Are Stealing Your Gold

Counterfeit gold bars, high-pressure sales calls, fake IRA pitches — the precious metals space attracts scammers because it deals in cash, trust, and things that are hard to verify with the naked eye.

gold Aug 5, 2026

Peace Broke Out in the Middle East. Gold Went Up Anyway.

A Hormuz deal should have killed gold's fear premium. Instead gold climbed toward $4,200, because the real driver was never fear — it's the Fed.

gold Aug 4, 2026

The Gold-Silver Ratio Just Snapped Back to 70. Here's What That Means

Silver's ratio to gold blew out from the mid-40s to 70 in six months. That's the market correcting a trade that got ahead of itself.

silver Aug 3, 2026

Silver CRASHED First in Every Recession — Here's What Happened Next

What actually happens to silver prices during a recession? In this video we break down the real historical data from the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 COVID crash.

silver Aug 3, 2026

Silver Fell 52%. The Mine Didn't Get the Memo

Silver crashed from $121 to $58 this year, but 2026 is shaping up as the sixth straight year the world dug up less silver than it used.

gold Aug 1, 2026

Central Banks Just Bought a Record Amount of Gold — During a Price Crash

Gold fell 16% last quarter. Central banks responded by buying more of it than ever. That's not a coincidence, that's a signal.

gold Jul 31, 2026

Gold Just Passed Treasuries as the World's Reserve Asset. Nobody Rang a Bell.

For the first time since 1996, gold is now worth more than U.S. Treasuries in global reserves. Central banks bought a record 289 tonnes last quarter to make it happen.