Key Takeaways A “gold storage bankruptcy” usually means a dealer failed to deliver metal it promised, not that properly allocated metal held by a vault operator was at risk. Rosland Capital filed a liquidating Chapter 11 on July 2, 2026, and reported no precious metals inventory while owing creditors, including customers, tens of millions for … Read more

Barrick Mining has retreated from a commitment its CEO made just three weeks ago — and the move had nothing to do with the current gold price. Gold is trading around $4,430 to $4,500 per ounce today, roughly 19–21% below the January peak near $5,589. Meanwhile, Barrick, the world’s third-largest gold producer, is reportedly pushing … Read more

April’s job count was first revised upward by 64,000 and later reduced by 31,000. That sequence is not a scandal but routine Bureau of Labor Statistics practice. Revisions are normal. They remind us to interpret single monthly prints with caution and not to overreact to one report. On Friday, September 4, gold traded in the … Read more

Gold traded lower on Tuesday morning, slipping to $4,374, a decline of about 1.65%. Silver also retreated, falling to $65.14, down roughly 2.12%. Markets are pricing in a likely Federal Reserve rate increase this month, which helps explain today’s moves. But when you look beyond the intraday tape, a different narrative is emerging. Five separate … Read more

A comment from a Federal Reserve governor on Thursday sharply reduced the market’s odds of a September interest-rate increase, yet gold’s reaction was muted. Instead of surging, the metal mostly traded sideways as investors weighed competing forces. As of 1:15 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 3, gold hovered around $4,488 per ounce, roughly 2.3% higher … Read more

Gold rose 1.88% to $4,469.92 and silver gained 1.42% to $66.24 on Thursday after a softer-than-expected ADP payrolls report. That one-day move, however, only scratches the surface. Behind the headlines are five signals that matter for capital allocation: who is committing money now and with what conviction? Futures positioning indicates funds are still adding exposure. … Read more

August payrolls were released at 8:30 a.m. ET and surprised the market. Precious metals reacted immediately: gold and silver moved sharply within minutes. But the data did more than shift spot prices — it reopened several important questions. Who is buying gold right now? What details are hiding beneath the headline jobs number? And does … Read more

A bank price target is a dated forecast stating where an institution expects an asset to trade by a specified date. In 2026, the forecasts for gold moved farther than the metal itself. Will the gold price fall in 2026? Four banks currently place year-end gold between $4,500 and $5,100 an ounce. Gold trades below … Read more

Kevin Warsh had a clear objective in his first Jackson Hole keynote as Fed chair: tell markets which side of the Fed’s dual mandate—price stability or maximum employment—he finds more concerning. He did not mince words. “On the price-stability side of our mandate, the numbers are more concerning,” he said, and gold promptly sold off … Read more

Key Takeaways SLV shareholders cannot redeem shares for physical silver on an individual basis. Only Authorized Participants, acting in large Baskets of 50,000 shares, can exchange shares and metal — a scale most individual investors and many institutions do not reach. Sprott’s PSLV operates differently. Unitholders who meet a minimum threshold (roughly 10,000 ounces) can … Read more