Why Gold Is Holding Near $4,067 Ahead of a Jobs Week That Could Trigger a Rate Hike
Everyone’s watching Friday’s jobs report expecting it to unlock rate cuts. This cycle it could do the opposite, with markets pricing roughly a 68% chance of a September rate hike, and gold is holding near $4,067 anyway. Here’s the stagflation bind behind gold’s resilience, and what to watch this week.Read More
Gold Isn’t Down 27%. It’s Down 5%. Here’s Why That Distinction Changes Everything.
Gold is down 5% from year-end 2025 — not 27%. Chief Economist Trey Reik explains why most investors are measuring the correction wrong, and why the gold bull market is still intact.Read More
M2 Money Supply: The Number That Makes Your Portfolio Meaningless
Most investors check their portfolio every day. Very few have ever looked at a chart of M2 money supply. That gap — between what feels important and what actually is — turns out to be one of the most expensive mistakes a long-term saver can make. Here is what M2…Read More
Manufacturing Hit a Four-Year High Today. Gold Didn’t Move. Here’s Why That’s the Story.
The ISM Manufacturing PMI just hit 55.6% — its strongest reading since May 2022. Gold barely moved. That non-reaction isn’t a failure to respond. It’s gold caught between two opposing forces that are almost perfectly canceling each other out, and this week’s data decides which one breaks first.Read More
Gold Is Caught Between a Structural Bull Case and a Policy Ceiling. Something Has to Give by Thursday.
Gold opened Monday higher on Iran de-escalation news. By mid-morning it had given most of it back. That sequence is not a coincidence — it is a diagram. A structural bull case, a Fed rate-hike ceiling, a K-shaped economy quietly cracking, and Thursday’s jobs report as the tiebreaker. Here is…Read More
The Same Force That Crushed Gold All Year Just Flipped
The mechanism that sent gold lower for five months just ran in reverse. Trump held off a planned strike on Iran Saturday night. Oil dropped more than 5%. Gold rose. Here is why those two moves are connected — and what this week’s jobs data decides next.Read More
The Gold IRA Rollover Trap Most Investors Walk Straight Into
One paperwork choice in a gold IRA rollover can hand the IRS 20% of your savings before the clock starts. Here is how to do it the right way.Read More
The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf: Purer Than the Eagle, Lower Premium, and IRA-Eligible
The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf is 99.99% pure gold, carries a lower dealer premium than the American Gold Eagle, and qualifies for a Gold IRA without a congressional exemption. Here is what the purity standard, security features, sizing options, and sound money case look like for investors considering physical gold…Read More
Gold ETFs Lost 45 Tonnes Last Quarter. Central Banks Bought 289. Here’s What That Split Means.
In Q2 2026, gold ETFs shed 45 tonnes. Central banks added 289 — more than six times as much. The World Gold Council data reveals what that split actually means.Read More
Gold Had Every Reason to Rally Today. It Didn’t. Five Reasons Why.
Gold opened above $4,100 this morning and gave it back within hours. Five forces explain why the rally didn’t hold: the Bank of Japan held rates as the yen hit a 40-year low, the US-Iran pause faded, Q2 GDP missed forecasts, the Fed voted 9-to-3 to hold with three regional…Read More