| | Gold Mornings | Your weekday morning read on gold, metals and miners.
Issue #37 · Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 27.9 ▲ from 25.6 yesterday | | Worth noting Gold crossed above $4,400 since yesterday. | | Gold and silver rose modestly as geopolitical tensions over the Strait of Hormuz supported safe-haven demand; long bonds also moved. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,448.40 +1.99%
+8.62% this week | | Silver | $65.43 +0.49%
+8.94% this week | | Platinum | $1,785.40 +2.34%
+2.18% this week | | Palladium | $1,387.00 +0.71%
+2.34% this week | | Copper | $6.68 +1.30%
+0.93% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | NEM Newmont | +3.79% | | PL=F Platinum | +2.34% | | GC=F Gold | +1.99% |
| Laggards | B Barrick Mining | -6.41% | | SI=F Silver | +0.49% | | GDX Gold Miners ETF | +0.67% |
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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 Between its 50-day ($4,164.28) and 200-day ($4,482.06) averages — a trend in transition. 30-day range $3,985.60–$4,448.40; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 71 — traditionally described as overbought. 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 | | Long bond yields stir market caution Treasury yield movements affect real rates and precious-metals demand; rising yields can pressure gold valuations, while falling yields typically support bullion. (Investing) |
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Partner How a gold IRA works A plain, factual guide to holding physical gold in a retirement account: the eligible metals, rollovers and transfers, custodians, storage, and fees. Learn how a gold IRA works |
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Metals 101 Why do people buy gold? Gold holds value without being anyone's promise to pay — it isn't a company's profits or a government's IOU. That's why it's leaned on as a store of value and a hedge when confidence in currencies or markets wobbles. |
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“Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” |
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