The Federal Reserve delivered a notably hawkish message this week. Logically, that should push gold sharply lower. Instead, gold is down less than 1% and silver is roughly unchanged. The market that’s supposed to dread a September rate hike appears unconvinced one is imminent. Gold is trading near $4,440 per ounce, slightly below Friday’s close, … Read more

Gold is trading about 2.0% lower today, near $4,357 per ounce, while silver has fallen roughly 2.6% to about $64.79. Those moves might look connected to recent geopolitical developments, but the price action is being driven primarily by interest-rate expectations, not by sanctions headlines. Earlier this week the U.S. Treasury named gold among five Iranian … Read more

J.P. Morgan trimmed its fourth-quarter silver forecast from $90 to $63. That revision had little to do with interest rates — it was driven largely by changes in solar-panel demand. Silver traded at $64.44 per ounce as of 2:30 PM ET on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Gold was at $4,336.46. That puts the gold‑to‑silver ratio … Read more

Key Takeaways A zero interest rate policy holds a central bank’s short-term target at or near zero. The Federal Reserve ran two such episodes: December 16, 2008 to December 16, 2015, and March 15, 2020 to March 16, 2022. ZIRP does not automatically lift gold. The primary driver for gold is the real policy rate, … Read more

Gold fell more than 2% on Tuesday, September 1, while silver dropped even more. The move was straightforward: markets shifted from expecting the Federal Reserve to pause to expecting a rate increase. When interest rates rise, the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding assets like gold increases, so their market values are marked down. By Wednesday … Read more

Silver is entering its sixth consecutive year of supply deficit — a structural reality that has done nothing to support prices today. Gold is trading near $4,362, down about 1.9% from the morning open. Silver is weaker, trading around $65.13 and off roughly 2.1%. The widening gap between the two metals is the main story: … Read more

This morning gold trades around $4,427 per ounce and silver near $66.30. Both metals are still absorbing the effects of last Friday’s hawkish remarks from Kevin Warsh and the weekend’s strikes in the Hormuz region. Behind the headline price moves, however, a quieter and more persistent theme is emerging across multiple parts of the market: … Read more

A gold bar’s worth is determined simply by how much pure gold it contains and the current market price for gold. To find a bar’s metal value, multiply its weight in troy ounces by today’s gold price per troy ounce. For example, a one kilo bar contains 32.150747 troy ounces. At a gold price of … Read more

Tuesday’s Iranian strike marked the second military action in three days, yet gold barely budged. That muted reaction is the signal: gold is no longer following the old playbook of spiking on every geopolitical flare-up. Today gold trades near $4,335 an ounce, virtually unchanged from Tuesday’s close of $4,328. Silver sits around $64.34, a hair … Read more

A gold IRA is a self-directed individual retirement account that holds physical precious metals instead of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. Tax treatment follows the same rules as any other IRA; what differs are the allowed assets and the custody requirements that come with holding physical metal. Many explanations of gold IRAs repeat an incorrect … Read more