| | Gold Mornings | Your weekday morning read on gold, metals and miners.
Issue #41 · Monday, August 17, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 23.9 ▲ from 23.9 yesterday | | Worth noting Gold crossed above $4,400 since yesterday. | | Gold and silver rose sharply today as the dollar weakened and Fed rate-hike expectations eased, lifting mining stocks alongside bullion. |
| | | | | ● The Numbers | Gold | $4,457.30 +1.76%
+2.19% this week | | Silver | $65.79 +1.23%
+1.04% this week | | Platinum | $1,766.80 +0.96%
+1.28% this week | | Palladium | $1,327.50 +0.38%
-3.61% this week | | Copper | $6.69 +1.43%
+1.51% this week |
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| ● The Movers Leaders | AEM Agnico Eagle | +3.38% | | NEM Newmont | +3.13% | | GDX Gold Miners ETF | +1.93% |
| Laggards | PA=F Palladium | +0.38% | | PL=F Platinum | +0.96% | | SI=F Silver | +1.23% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked metals and miners · day-over-day change. |
| ● The Read Gold — description, not prediction Between its 50-day ($4,157.64) and 200-day ($4,488.73) averages — a trend in transition. 30-day range $3,985.60–$4,457.30; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 82 — 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 → |
| ● The Brief | | Silver approaches $67 resistance as momentum slows Silver climbed 1.23% to $65.79 but faced selling pressure near the $67 technical level, signaling buyer hesitation after the recent rally. Traders watch whether silver can break above this threshold. (Investing) |
| | Retail risk emerges in morning market review A market morning digest flags rising retail investor risk exposure, relevant as gold volatility remains elevated at 23.92 and precious-metals investors adjust positioning. Context matters for understanding near-term demand drivers. (Investing) |
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| Metals 101 What is the gold/silver ratio? How many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold. Watched as a rough gauge of which metal looks expensive relative to the other — a context number, not a signal about what comes next. |
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