Chinese President Xi Jinping began a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia on Monday, using the trip to portray China as a stabilizing global power in contrast to the United States under President Donald Trump. In an editorial carried by both Vietnamese and Chinese state media, Xi argued that “there are no winners in a trade … Read more

Markets are signaling a subdued stance for Federal Reserve policy in 2025, with expectations centered on only modest easing. Current prices imply an 18.3% probability that the Fed will leave rates unchanged through December 2025 and a 36.6% probability of a single quarter-point cut that year. After cutting interest rates three times in 2024, the … Read more

Thousands of people are buying gold at Costco right now — but when it’s time to sell, Costco won’t buy it back. That leaves many new investors holding metals they can’t easily liquidate. To address that gap, GoldSilver offers a comprehensive sellback program. When you’re ready to convert part of your holdings to cash, you … Read more

A key market-sentiment measure from Barclays is signaling potential overexuberance in U.S. equities. The bank’s “Equity Euphoria Indicator” has climbed to 10.7%, notably above its long-run average of about 7% and reaching levels that have accompanied past market bubbles. The reading comes amid a cluster of frothy market dynamics. The ARK Innovation ETF has produced … Read more

Gold, after recovering from early losses, was trading near $2,800 per ounce as demand for safe-haven assets rose in response to newly announced tariffs by the U.S. administration. This uptick in safe-haven buying helped offset pressure from a firmer dollar. Although prices initially fell more than 1%, they remained close to Friday’s record high of … Read more

Gold prices have pulled back from this week’s record highs, slipping about 2.3% from Monday’s peak to trade near $2,880 an ounce. The decline likely ends an eight-week rally — the longest stretch of gains since 2020 — as traders reassess near-term prospects for the metal. The retreat coincided with a rise in US 10-year … Read more

In its latest Quarterly Gold Report, Invesco examines gold’s recent performance compared with other asset classes and explains the economic forces shaping its behavior. The report emphasizes the influence of key macroeconomic variables—bond yields, the US dollar, and inflation expectations—on gold prices. It outlines how movements in these areas have historically correlated with bullion and … Read more

Oil futures are set for a fourth consecutive week of gains, with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude aiming for roughly a 2.6% weekly increase despite slipping 0.2% to $78.56 per barrel on Friday. The recent upward trend reflects a series of broader sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on Russia’s energy sector. Those measures extended … Read more

In one of his final actions before leaving office, President Biden approved the most extensive sanctions to date against Russia’s oil sector, a move that could disrupt global oil markets more than previous Western measures. The restrictions reach across multiple parts of Russia’s export chain, targeting roughly 160 tankers (about doubling the number already under … Read more

UBS Investment Bank, via analyst Joni Teves, has revised its gold price outlook sharply higher, now forecasting a target of $3,100 per ounce by the end of 2025. While the underlying drivers for gold have not shifted radically, UBS highlights a much stronger upside potential as market conditions evolve. Teves points to a mix of … Read more