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Issue #22 · Tuesday, July 21, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 25.4 ▼ from 25.6 yesterday | | Worth noting Silver (SI=F) moved +4.12% on the day. | | Gold and silver rose sharply today while miner stocks slipped, amid geopolitical tensions and volatile energy markets affecting safe-haven demand. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,062.50 +1.30%
+0.03% this week | | Silver | $59.14 +4.12%
+0.63% this week | | Platinum | $1,635.50 +2.72%
+0.25% this week | | Palladium | $1,281.00 +1.59%
-1.36% this week | | Copper | $6.52 +3.56%
+3.05% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | SI=F Silver | +4.12% | | HG=F Copper | +3.56% | | PL=F Platinum | +2.72% |
| Laggards | GDX Gold Miners ETF | -0.81% | | NEM Newmont | -0.56% | | AEM Agnico Eagle | -0.46% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked metals and miners · day-over-day change. |
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● The Read Gold — description, not prediction Trading below both its 50-day ($4,291.78) and 200-day ($4,475.27) averages — the longer-term trend reads as down. 30-day range $3,985.60–$4,358.90; currently in the lower third of that range. RSI(14) 53 — momentum roughly neutral. See where every market sits on the daily page → What's pushing gold today: the dollar & Treasury yields on the Dollar & Yields page → |
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● The Brief | | Morning Bid: Tariff reprise Trade policy uncertainty is resurfacing in markets. Tariff concerns can shift investor appetite for safe-haven assets like gold and affect mining company profitability. (Investing) |
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Metals 101 Why do central banks buy gold? Central banks hold gold as a reserve that no other country controls — useful for diversifying away from currencies. Heavy official buying in recent years has been a major source of gold demand. |
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