| | Gold Mornings | Your weekday morning read on gold, metals and miners.
Issue #42 · Tuesday, August 18, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 23.9 ▲ from 23.9 yesterday | | Gold rose modestly as Treasury yields declined, though silver fell amid geopolitical tensions affecting broader commodity markets. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,449.40 +0.72%
+1.51% this week | | Silver | $65.16 -1.45%
+0.60% this week | | Platinum | $1,755.40 -1.47%
+0.55% this week | | Palladium | $1,324.50 -0.72%
-3.05% this week | | Copper | $6.56 -0.66%
-0.78% 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 | PL=F Platinum | -1.47% | | SI=F Silver | -1.45% | | PA=F Palladium | -0.72% |
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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 ($4,159.10) and 200-day ($4,490.86) averages — a trend in transition. 30-day range $3,985.60–$4,449.40; 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 → |
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Metals 101 Why is silver more volatile than gold? Silver is a smaller market and has heavy industrial demand (electronics, solar), so it swings on both investment mood and the economy. It often moves further than gold in both directions. |
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“Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” |
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