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Issue #45 · Friday, August 21, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 27.3 ▲ from 26.7 yesterday | | Worth noting Gold crossed above $4,600 since yesterday. | | Gold and silver rally on dollar weakness and Treasury moves, while mining stocks track higher gains. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,654.30 +3.06%
+6.25% this week | | Silver | $69.93 +2.80%
+7.60% this week | | Platinum | $1,894.50 +3.47%
+8.26% this week | | Palladium | $1,359.50 +1.74%
+2.80% this week | | Copper | $6.60 +2.24%
+0.08% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | PL=F Platinum | +3.47% | | GC=F Gold | +3.06% | | SI=F Silver | +2.80% |
| Laggards | PA=F Palladium | +1.74% | | NEM Newmont | +2.05% | | AEM Agnico Eagle | +2.08% |
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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 above both its 50-day ($4,176.55) and 200-day ($4,498.82) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range $3,985.60–$4,654.30; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 88 — 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 copper called 'Dr. Copper'? Copper is in everything from wiring to construction, so its price tends to rise and fall with global industrial activity. Traders joke it has a PhD in economics because it reads the business cycle. |
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