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QQQ eyes a breakout as summer consolidation fades, while Micron's earnings and shifting oil dynamics could shape the market's next move.
<p>In August, investors poured roughly $18 billion into gold ETFs, the second-largest monthly inflow in history, driving global holdings to an all-time record. North American buying alone exploded from a sleepy $71 million in July to $7.7 billion in August, a 108-fold surge. Then, weeks later, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates and signaled more tightening ahead. With much in flux, where does that leave gold?</p>
Higher-for-longer rates are reshaping bullion's investment case
Washington just handed silver a designation that lithium and cobalt already carry, and the fallout for stock investors is more complicated than the headlines suggest. Knowing what the label actually triggers changes how much of your portfolio belongs anywhere near this trade.
If investors start to worry about the stock market, that could result in a surge in gold's value.
One powerful macro force could overpower higher interest rates
The bigger risk is what the Fed does next
The deposits are huge but not yet mineable.
With Treasuries sinking and the dollar falling this year, Bitcoin and gold are again being touted as hedges against currency debasement.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insists on challenging the bond vigilantes, and neither side is backing down. The underlying trends are pointing toward volatility ahead…and potentially much more. Gold investors should keep this in mind, suggests Brien Lundin, executive editor of Gold Newsletter.
The broad market index has outperformed the precious metal thus far in 2026, but their positions were reversed earlier in the year.
Dan Loeb‘s Third Point LLC fully exited a gold position in the second quarter just months after building the stake and ahead of a price rebound in the weeks that followed. $40.87 Million Stake Makes a Full Round-Trip According to...
It's smart to have some exposure to gold, and this ETF is a straightforward way to get it.
He kept his gold futures contract open through December 31, fully expecting to choose his own exit. The IRS had already chosen one for him, and the fallout reached well beyond his brokerage account.
Owning physical gold and owning the companies that mine it sound like two versions of the same bet, but the returns over the past year tell a wildly different story, and the reason behind the gap changes everything about which one belongs in your portfolio.
<p>Commodities have been one of 2026’s strongest asset classes, but the leadership is not where the precious-metals headlines pointed. Crude oil has roughly doubled year to date, broad commodity baskets are up more than 40%, and gold, silver and uranium funds have spent the year consolidating after earlier runs. Here are the best-performing commodity ETFs of 2026, why they have moved and how the top funds compare.</p>
<p>Here are the daily ETF fund flows for September 1, 2026.</p>