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gold Sep 23, 2026

A Month Ago a Booming Economy Lifted Gold. Today It Knocked Gold Down 1.6%.

September's flash PMI hit 58.4, the fastest output growth in over five years. Gold fell to about $4,285. The difference from August is one word: prices.

gold Sep 22, 2026

China Imported 1,000 Tons of Gold in 8 Months. Its Central Bank Only Bought 80.

Chinese customs data shows imports already beat all of 2025 with four months left. The PBOC's headline-grabbing reserve buying is a rounding error next to it.

gold Sep 21, 2026

The Fed Is Hiking. Yields Are Near 5%. China Just Bought Gold for Month 22 Anyway.

Gold is sagging under high yields and a firmer dollar, while the PBOC added 20.2 tonnes in August. One force moves the daily price. The other has moved for 22 months.

gold Sep 21, 2026

Gold Leases Explained: Earn Yield on Gold

Gold leasing lets you earn 3-5% yield on physical gold you already own - paid in more gold, not dollars.

gold Sep 19, 2026

16 for 16: Every Wall Street Analyst Is Bullish on Gold. Retail Just Got Cooler.

Kitco's weekly poll found 16 of 16 Wall Street analysts bullish on gold, while retail bulls fell to 58%. Gold is roughly 5% below where it was the last time the poll was this lopsided.

gold Sep 18, 2026

The Fed Just Went Hawkish. Gold Hit a Weekly High Anyway.

Warsh's dot plot signaled more hikes are coming — the scenario that was supposed to hurt gold. Gold touched $4,439.80 instead. Here's why.

gold Sep 18, 2026

First Fractional Gold Buffalo in 18 Years — What It'll Cost

The U.S. Mint just confirmed the first fractional Gold Buffalo since 2008 a 1/10 oz, .9999 fine 24-karat gold coin releasing December 10, 2026.

gold Sep 16, 2026

The Fed Hasn't Hiked Rates Since 2023. That Changes This Afternoon.

CME traders put the odds of a rate hike at 92% today. Gold already rallied back to $4,325 in anticipation. Here's what actually moves at 2PM ET.

gold Sep 16, 2026

The Story Behind America's Most Famous Gold Coin

The American Gold Eagle is the best-selling gold coin in the United States — but the design on its face predates the coin by nearly eighty years.

gold Sep 15, 2026

The 10-Year Treasury Yield Just Broke 5% for the First Time Since 2023. Gold Fell to a Month Low.

The 10-year hit 5.01% Monday — a level barely touched since before the financial crisis. Gold sank to its lowest since August 7.

gold Sep 14, 2026

Saudi Arabia's Backup Oil Route Just Got Hit Too. Gold Fell Anyway.

Drone strikes shut down the pipeline that was routing oil around Hormuz. Fed hike odds jumped to 86.5% instead, and gold and silver fell.

gold Sep 12, 2026

Gold ETFs Just Had a Record August. Silver's Biggest Fund Is Getting Redeemed.

Gold ETFs pulled in $18 billion in August, the second-largest month ever. The week after, silver's largest ETF saw investors pull money out.

gold Sep 11, 2026

Yesterday's Hot Inflation Print Tanked Gold. Today's Hot Inflation Print Popped It.

Core CPI came in at 0.3% against a 0.2% forecast Friday. Gold rose 1.38% and silver rose 2.12% — the opposite of Thursday's reaction to hot PPI.

gold Sep 10, 2026

Producer Prices Just Ran Hot. Silver Took the Bigger Hit.

August PPI came in at 5.4% annually, hotter than forecast, and Fed hike odds pushed toward two-in-three. Silver sold off harder than gold.

gold Sep 9, 2026

How to Tell If You're Overpaying for Gold or Silver

How do you know if you're paying a fair price for gold or silver — or getting quietly ripped off?

gold Sep 9, 2026

The War Just Spread to Jordan. Gold Fell 0.9% Anyway.

The US destroyed five Iranian tankers, Iran hit a base in Jordan, Brent crossed $100 — and gold opened lower. Here's what's actually pricing this war.

gold Sep 8, 2026

Iran Fired Missiles at a US Aircraft Carrier This Weekend. Gold Fell 0.6%.

The US disabled three Iranian tankers, Iran fired on a US carrier and destroyer, and diesel hit a record $5.85. Gold moved less than a percent.

gold Sep 7, 2026

Top 10 Countries With the Most Gold (You Won't Believe #3)

Which country actually holds the most gold on Earth?

gold Sep 5, 2026

The Mint's New Coin Has a Mintage of 5,000. The Premium Is 35%.

The Mint's new palladium eagle caps out at 5,000 coins and sells for 35% over the metal inside it — a lesson in what 'limited' actually costs.

gold Sep 4, 2026

20:1 or 250:1? The Truth About Paper Gold

What's the real ratio of paper gold to physical gold, and is any of the scary numbers you've seen online actually true?

gold Sep 4, 2026

A Fed Governor Talked Gold to $4,500. One Jobs Report Talked It Back Down.

Waller's dovish comments pushed gold near $4,500 Thursday. A blowout jobs report Friday erased it, sending gold down 1.7% and silver down 3%.

gold Sep 3, 2026

Trump Called It a 'Very Heavy Attack.' Gold Went Up Because He Said It'd Be Quick.

18 dead in new US strikes on Iran, Trump floating another attack 'anytime we want' — and gold rose anyway, on nothing more than a promise it won't last long.

gold Sep 2, 2026

The Government Says Oil Is Flowing Through Hormuz at a Wartime Record. Gold Fell Anyway.

17 million barrels crossed the Strait of Hormuz Monday, the most since the war began. The US hit Iran again days later. Gold and silver fell anyway.

gold Sep 1, 2026

A Week Ago, the Fed Was Favored to Do Nothing. Today the Odds Flipped.

CME FedWatch odds of a September rate hike jumped from 39.6% to 66.4% in a week. Gold and silver fell again — but they're still up 31% and 72% for the year.

gold Aug 31, 2026

Iran Hit Two US Air Bases Overnight. Gold Rose $24.

Iran retaliated for US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz by hitting bases in Jordan and the UAE. Gold barely moved — proof the Fed owns this tape, not the war.

gold Aug 30, 2026

Gold Erased a Week of Gains in One Session. Silver Fell Even Harder.

December gold futures dropped 3.24% Friday, wiping out a seven-session rally, after Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech. Silver fell harder — 4.57%.

gold Aug 28, 2026

Lock In Your Gains: Turn Paper Profits Into Real Gold

Your gains aren't real until you lock them in.

gold Aug 28, 2026

The Fed Chair Just Blamed the Fed for 65 Months of Inflation. Then Told You He's Done Explaining Himself.

Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech owned the inflation problem, killed forward guidance in favor of a 'quieter Fed,' and gold sold off on the ambiguity.

gold Aug 27, 2026

PCE Came In Hot. Wall Street Just Priced a 40% Chance the Fed Hikes.

Core PCE held at 3.3% and headline came in hotter than forecast. Futures now show a 40.1% chance of a September rate hike — not a cut.

gold Aug 26, 2026

This Gold Coin Beats the American Eagle

Does the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf actually outclass the American Eagle and Buffalo?

gold Aug 25, 2026

Gold Dipped Today. The Money Didn't Notice.

Spot gold slipped ahead of PCE data and Warsh's Jackson Hole debut, but gold ETFs just logged their biggest weekly inflow in 10 months.

gold Aug 24, 2026

The Economy Just Posted Its Best Growth in Four Years. Gold Rallied Anyway.

US business activity hit a 52-month high this week. Gold still opened above $4,600 for the first time since May and briefly topped $4,700 Monday.

ounce-by-ounce Aug 24, 2026

U.S. National Debt Hits $40 Trillion: What It Means for Your Money

The U.S. national debt just crossed $40 trillion — roughly $119,000 for every person in the country, and growing by over $1 billion a day.

gold Aug 23, 2026

Wall Street Has Zero Bears on Gold Right Now. That's the Part That Should Worry You.

Gold hit a 3-month high above $4,600 with an 8-analyst bullish sweep and zero bears. Fund managers are holding the least cash in 28 years. That's not bullish — that's crowded.

ounce-by-ounce Aug 21, 2026

How Much Silver Should You Own?

In this video I break down everything a beginner needs to know before buying their first ounce, the different physical forms silver comes in, why silver and gold belong in a portfolio, how to set a target allocation before you buy, how premiums actually work, and how to spot fake silver and shady deals before they cost you money.

gold Aug 21, 2026

The Treasury Just Doubled Its Bond Buyback. Gold and Silver Are Cashing the Check.

Bessent doubled long-bond buybacks to calm a spooked market. Gold hit $4,588 and silver hit $69.94 — both on track for their third straight weekly gain.

gold Aug 19, 2026

The 30-Year Treasury Yield Just Hit a 19-Year High. Gold Shrugged.

The 30-year yield touched 5.33% Tuesday, the highest since 2007, on fiscal fear. Gold should be getting crushed. It's up instead.

ounce-by-ounce Aug 19, 2026

This ONE Ratio Tells You When to Buy Silver

What if you could get noticeably more silver (or gold) for the exact same amount of money — just by checking one number first?

gold Aug 18, 2026

The Fed Chair Told You He Doesn't Care What the Market Thinks. Believe Him.

Gold's at $4,397 waiting on FOMC minutes Wednesday and Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech. The new chair already told you he's not following the market's script.

gold Aug 17, 2026

Gold Hit a Fresh High Monday. Silver Led. That's the Part Worth Watching.

Gold climbed to $4,398 as Fed hike odds stayed pinned at 31%, but silver outran it — and the gold-silver ratio just told you why that matters.

ounce-by-ounce Aug 17, 2026

Gold or Silver? The Answer History Already Gave Us

Which one actually belongs in your portfolio — gold or silver? In this video we tell the story of a WWII treasury evacuation where the U.S. military had to decide, under real pressure, what to save and what to leave behind.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

gold Jul 31, 2026

The Philosophical Case for Gold and Silver

Money isn't just a number - it's a promise. For 2,500 years, philosophers have been asking what happens when that promise gets broken.

goldbacks Jul 29, 2026

Are Goldbacks Worth Buying? (I Don't Think So — Here's Why)

I got a few Goldbacks thrown in as a freebie with my last APMEX order — and instead of just tossing them in a drawer, I figured it was the perfect excuse to finally do a full breakdown on these things.

gold Jul 28, 2026

The Fed Might Hike Rates Tomorrow. In 2026. Gold Is Not Amused.

Odds of a Fed rate hike this week nearly tripled in a month. Gold dropped $61 overnight waiting to find out which Fed shows up.

gold Jul 27, 2026

Wall Street Keeps Cutting Its Gold Forecast. Central Banks Keep Buying Anyway.

Goldman, JPMorgan, and BofA all slashed their gold price targets this month. Central banks bought right through it. One of these groups is wrong.

gold Jul 24, 2026

Oil Just Hit $100. Gold Fell Anyway. Here's Why That Should Worry You More.

Middle East tensions pushed Brent crude above $100, but gold dropped 2% while silver climbed — a divergence that says more about the Fed than about safe havens.

gold Jul 23, 2026

China Just Bought the Most Gold Since 2023. Retail Is Finally Catching Up.

The PBOC's biggest gold purchase since 2023 landed in the same week as a Middle East flare-up. One of these drivers matters a lot more than the other.

gold Jul 19, 2026

China's Central Bank Just Bought the Dip. For the 20th Month Straight.

The PBOC added 15 tonnes of gold in June, its biggest purchase since 2023, while everyone else was panic-checking their portfolio.

gold Jul 18, 2026

The Safe-Haven Paradox: Gold and Silver Are Falling in a War

Oil is near $90, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, and gold still can't hold $4,000. Here's why the 'safe haven' isn't behaving like one.

gold Jul 16, 2026

There's a Shooting War and Gold Is Down 5.6%. Explain That.

The U.S. is bombing Iran for a fifth straight day and the Strait of Hormuz is closed. Gold is down 5.6% this month anyway. Here's why.

gold Jul 14, 2026

Gold Jumped 2% on Today's CPI. Silver Shrugged. That Gap Is the Story.

June CPI cooled to 3.5% and gold popped 2% in an hour. Silver barely moved, pushing the gold/silver ratio to its widest point in weeks.

gold Jul 10, 2026

HSBC Cut Its Gold Forecast by $304 — After the Price Already Moved

HSBC slashed its 2026 gold forecast to $4,560 from $4,864 this week. The bank isn't predicting the market. It's describing what already happened.

gold Jul 9, 2026

The Fed Chair Won't Even Guess Anymore. That Should Tell You Something.

Kevin Warsh skipped his rate projection at the June FOMC meeting — the first Fed chair to do that since 2012. Here's why that matters more than the headline vote.

gold Jul 8, 2026

Gold Fell the Day Tankers Got Hit in the Strait of Hormuz. Let That Sink In.

The U.S. struck Iran, two tankers got hit in the Strait of Hormuz, and gold went down. Silver slipped below $60. Here's why 'safe haven' isn't what you think it is.

gold Jul 6, 2026

Gold Round-Tripped From $5,600 to Under $4,000 This Year. That's the Point.

Gold hit a record $5,600 in January, dipped below $4,000 by June, and now sits near $4,140 — down on the year. Here's why that's not the scary part.

gold Jul 5, 2026

China Just Bought Gold for the 19th Straight Month. That's Not an Investment Thesis — It's a Vote of No Confidence

China added to its gold reserves for the 19th consecutive month while Turkey sold gold to prop up the lira. Same asset, opposite signal.

silver Jul 4, 2026

Silver Just Beat Gold by 3x This Week — Thank the Labor Department

June's dismal 57,000 payrolls miss killed near-term Fed rate-hike bets, and silver ran with the news harder than gold. Here's what the ratio is telling you.

silver Jul 2, 2026

Silver at $60: What a 50% Drop From the Highs Means for Your Stack

Silver was at $120 in January. It's $60 today. Before you panic-sell or panic-buy, here's what's actually happening.

gold Jul 1, 2026

Gold's Worst Quarter Since 2013: The Warsh Effect

Gold is down 14% this quarter — the steepest drop since 2013 — and one policy pivot is almost entirely to blame.

gold Jun 30, 2026

Gold Just Had Its Worst Quarter Since 2013. A Record Share of Central Banks Say They're Buying Anyway.

Gold closed Q2 down 14%, its steepest quarterly decline in thirteen years. Meanwhile a World Gold Council survey found a record 45% of central banks plan to add to their own reserves. Both things are true.

gold Jun 29, 2026

At 69 to 1, Gold Is Telling You Something About Silver

The gold-silver ratio just hit 69—one of its highest readings of the year. Here's what that number means for stackers deciding what to buy this month.

silver Jun 27, 2026

Silver Hits a 7-Month Low. Physical Demand Just Hit a Near-Record High.

Silver is trading near $57 — down 47% from January's all-time high — while Q1 bar-and-coin demand was the second highest quarter ever recorded.

ounce-by-ounce Jun 26, 2026

9 Stacking Myths That Are Costing You Money

Copper is the next silver. Silver's going to $1,000. The government's coming for your gold. You've heard all of it — but how much is actually true?

silver Jun 25, 2026

Silver Takes the Fed's Punch: What Rate Hike Fears Mean for Your Stack

Fed rate hike expectations hit silver harder than gold this week — but China's physical demand and ETF inflows tell a more complicated story.

ounce-by-ounce Jun 15, 2026

Gold vs. Silver: Which One Are You Actually Supposed to Own?

Gold or silver — which one actually belongs in your stack? We go back to basics: what makes these two metals completely different animals, who each one is built for, and how to think about how much you should own.