| | Gold Mornings | Your weekday morning read on gold, metals and miners.
Issue #38 · Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 26.0 ▼ from 27.9 yesterday | | Worth noting Gold crossed above $4,400 since yesterday. | | Gold and silver gained sharply today as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Black Sea intensified amid ongoing uncertainty. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,469.90 +1.98%
+5.28% this week | | Silver | $66.41 +2.53%
+6.94% this week | | Platinum | $1,791.30 +2.61%
+3.10% this week | | Palladium | $1,397.50 +2.30%
+2.40% this week | | Copper | $6.68 +1.03%
-0.34% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | PL=F Platinum | +2.61% | | SI=F Silver | +2.53% | | PA=F Palladium | +2.30% |
| Laggards | B Barrick Mining | -1.83% | | GDX Gold Miners ETF | -0.41% | | NEM Newmont | -0.04% |
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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 ($4,162.87) and 200-day ($4,483.46) averages — a trend in transition. 30-day range $3,985.60–$4,469.90; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 83 — 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 | | Red Sea attack kills six; US strikes Gulf vessel A vessel attack in the Red Sea killed four crew and two rescuers, prompting US military response in the Gulf of Oman. These incidents underscore maritime risks affecting global trade and energy flows. (Investing) |
| | Morning Bid: Inflation obscures all Inflation remains a dominant theme clouding market direction and investment strategy. Persistent price pressures affect central-bank policy, Treasury yields, and precious-metals demand. (Investing) |
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Metals 101 What is a troy ounce? The unit precious metals are priced in. A troy ounce is about 31.1 grams — slightly heavier than the everyday (avoirdupois) ounce of ~28.3g. Every gold and silver quote you see is per troy ounce. |
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“Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” |
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