What Is ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) and How It Changed Gold Forever
A zero interest rate policy holds the central bank’s short-term target at or near zero. The Federal Reserve did it twice, for nine of fourteen years. But zero rates alone never moved gold. The real policy rate did, and it explains today’s market better than the headline number does.Read More
The Fed Just Priced Out Half a Rate Hike. Gold Barely Noticed.
September rate hike odds fell to roughly 50.3% after Fed Governor Christopher Waller signalled he could support a hold. Gold barely responded. It had already banked a 2.4% gain before he spoke, then slipped. Here is which channel is actually driving the metal, and what August CPI decides.Read More
Gold Up, Silver Up. The Five Reasons Behind It Don’t All Agree.
Speculators are still adding to gold and silver, an Indian tariff quirk is quietly redirecting demand toward Dubai, and three desks cannot agree on September rate-hike odds. Even the exchange running the trades has its own read on why any of this holds into fall.Read More
Barrick Just Delayed Its Biggest Move in Years. Gold Isn’t Why.
Barrick is pushing its North American gold IPO from 2026 into 2027. The real cause is a shareholder revolt against Chairman John Thornton, not the price of gold, and it says a lot about equity risk.Read More
Gold ETF Outflows Came From One Region. The Buying Came From Everywhere Else.
Gold ETF outflows in 2026 were not a market-wide verdict on gold. They came from one region. North America was the only region in net outflow across the first half, while Asia recorded its strongest first half on record. Here is what the regional split says about owning gold in…Read More
Gold’s Sellers Are Trading Weeks. Its Buyers Are Counting Decades.
Five developments inside 48 hours split the gold market in two. A sovereign relocated 86 tonnes, two banks read one positioning dataset to opposite conclusions, and a soft payrolls print moved the premise the sellers were trading on. The cohorts are not the same people.Read More
How Much Is a Gold Bar Worth? Every Size, From 1 Gram to 400 Ounces
A gold bar is worth its troy ounces multiplied by the current gold price. This guide gives the exact troy ounce content and metal value of every size from 1 gram to 400 ounces, shows what a fixed budget buys, and explains why size decides storage.Read More
The Iran War Just Got Worse. Gold Barely Noticed.
Gold and silver crashed when the U.S.-Iran conflict escalated Tuesday, then barely moved when it got worse Wednesday. The real driver isn’t the war — it’s Fed rate-hike odds, already elevated before the strikes began, and what they mean for holding non-yielding metals.Read More
What Happens to Your Gold If Your Storage Company Goes Bankrupt?
Allocated storage makes specific bars your legal property. Unallocated storage makes you an unsecured creditor. Two real bankruptcies and a 1994 court ruling show why that one distinction decides who keeps the gold.Read More
Silver Price Prediction: One Bank Cut Its Target 30%, and the Reason Wasn’t the Fed
J.P. Morgan cut its Q4 silver forecast from $90 to $63, and silver already trades above it. The driver was solar demand, not the Fed. Gregory Shearer sizes the decline at roughly 60 million ounces, which is larger than 2026’s 46.3 million ounce deficit.Read More