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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>
As the summer chop fades and historical tailwinds align, patient investors who weathered the consolidation phase are well-positioned to capitaliz
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
Trump Sparks Massive Rally in Greenland Stocks With New Arctic Strategy
Gold ETF inflows across North America surged to levels that shocked even veteran commodity watchers, but a simultaneous spike in real yields now puts the entire trade on trial. Whether August's buying spree becomes a historic floor or a textbook blow-off top hinges on one number.
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.
A 57% market wipeout nearly triggered a second Great Depression, and veteran investors who lived through 1987 and 2008 recognize the warning signs gathering right now. Boomers and Gen X have too much at stake to ignore what overbought markets, rising bond yields, and AI hype could trigger next.
The copper price and shares of S&P 500 copper mining giant Freeport-McMoRan turned sharply lower on Thursday morning after a Reuters report cast doubt that the White House would broaden tariffs to cover refined copper. Tariff expectations had helped fuel a new copper price earlier this week. While copper fell the hardest, gold, silver and other precious metals prices also lost ground amid a firmer dollar, $100 U.S. crude oil and higher inflation-adjusted Treasury yields.
With long-term yields testing their highest level of President Donald Trump's second term in office, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to reveal the scope of his initial attempt to calm what he described as a growing threat of a bond market "fever." At a Breitbart News economic forum on Tuesday, Bessent explained that one rationale for expanding buybacks of long-term Treasuries was to counter speculation amid market "expectations that there was like this fever building." Bessent also said flatly, "I'm not doing QE."
One relentless buyer just removed a major concern for bulls.