| | Gold Mornings | Your weekday morning read on gold, metals and miners.
Issue #48 · Wednesday, August 26, 2026 | | Gold volatility (GVZ) Cautious · 27.7 ▼ from 28.3 yesterday | | Gold rose modestly while miners surged on easing geopolitical tensions; oil and energy prices declined, reducing safe-haven demand pressure. |
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● The Numbers | Gold | $4,677.70 +0.85%
+4.19% this week | | Silver | $68.48 -0.23%
+4.18% this week | | Platinum | $1,880.70 +1.52%
+4.33% this week | | Palladium | $1,359.50 +2.07%
+2.07% this week | | Copper | $6.83 +1.78%
+5.26% this week |
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● The Movers Leaders | AEM Agnico Eagle | +2.85% | | NEM Newmont | +2.50% | | PA=F Palladium | +2.07% |
| Laggards | SI=F Silver | -0.23% | | GC=F Gold | +0.85% | | B Barrick Mining | +1.47% |
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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 ($4,202.41) and 200-day ($4,508.91) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range $3,985.60–$4,677.70; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 84 — 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 What are 'real yields'? The interest rate on bonds after subtracting inflation. Gold tends to track real yields closely: when inflation-adjusted returns on bonds drop, non-yielding gold looks relatively more attractive. |
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“Metals mirror the dollar and the day's mood — a description, not a forecast.” |
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