Gold slipped to $4,397.56 today, down about 0.7% on the session as traders increased bets on a September rate hike. Silver eased to $66.05. Those single-session prints look like a pullback, but they miss a broader picture: other market signals shifted today that suggest the hard-assets trade may be broadening rather than breaking. Four other … Read more

Gold is trading lower this morning, and the cause traces back nearly 7,000 miles to the Strait of Hormuz. Over the weekend, the U.S. Navy struck three Iranian oil tankers, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responded by attacking additional tankers and several vessels linked to U.S. interests. Brent crude has surged toward $98 a … Read more

Gold spent part of Monday’s trading session below $4,400 as markets priced in a higher chance of a Federal Reserve rate increase this month. The price later recovered to about $4,413 an ounce, leaving the daily decline modest. Yet the small dip masks a broader trend: several independent reports from major institutions and media outlets … Read more

The Dutch central bank relocated 86 tonnes of gold this year—valued at roughly $10 billion—from vaults at the New York Fed and the Bank of Canada to London. This transfer, completed between March and August 2026, follows France’s earlier move out of New York and highlights a growing distinction between gold that is nominally owned … Read more

For two months in a row, China’s central bank recorded its largest monthly gold purchase since October 2023 — then surpassed that amount the following month. The details out of Beijing matter more than the modest intraday moves in bullion prices on any given trading session. Gold is trading near $4,395 an ounce as of … Read more

Not every gold item can be placed in a Gold IRA. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) treats most physical metal as a “collectible” unless it meets specific statutory exceptions. Buying the wrong product with retirement funds can trigger an immediate taxable distribution and potentially penalties. This guide explains which gold is IRA-eligible, why these rules … Read more

September’s odds for a Fed rate hike jumped sharply this week — from about 35% to 57% — after a single high-profile speech. Yet the 10-year real yield, the measure that most directly influences gold prices, moved only a couple of basis points in the same period. Over the next four days investors will get … Read more

Key Takeaways The IRS does not permit you to personally store gold or silver that belongs to your IRA. This rule applies even if the metals are held through an LLC you control; a 2021 U.S. Tax Court decision rejected that home-storage approach. The restriction arises from federal statute rather than a private company rule. … Read more

Gold climbed 0.96% today to $4,370.27 an ounce, while silver rose 1.37% to $64.95. Both metals bounced off two-week lows as investors awaited this week’s employment data. Yet a more informative trend comes from earlier in the year: during the first half of 2026, investors in one major region sold gold ETF positions aggressively while … Read more

Gold and silver both dipped within minutes of this morning’s US jobs report. That immediate move made headlines, but four hours later the more useful questions are different: why was the overall reaction smaller than one might expect, and why did mining stocks fall several times more steeply than the metal itself? Below are three … Read more