Last verified: September 11, 2026 This week’s moves in the precious metals market were sharply divided, and today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) release only deepened that split for a few minutes. Gold and silver both rallied roughly 2% immediately after the report, reversing several days of losses in a single burst. The move looks counterintuitive … Read more

Key Takeaways The right gold allocation is not a fixed percentage. It should change with your time horizon, income needs, and how much volatility you can tolerate without being forced to sell at the wrong time. A useful working range is 5–10% of investable assets for investors in their 20s and 30s, rising toward 15–20% … Read more

Gold and silver moved against conventional expectations early this morning. A hotter-than-forecast inflation report and a rise in the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike would normally weigh on precious metals, yet both gold and silver climbed. Below is a clear, concise explanation of what happened, why today’s moves don’t settle the outlook, and … Read more

Gold is trading near $4,377 an ounce today and silver is around $64.71. Both metals are up more than 1% on CME-benchmarked spot pricing ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve decision. Yet the price action is only part of the story. Several distinct developments arrived within hours of each other, each shedding light on why … Read more

Key Takeaways Gold you hold directly is not a “specified foreign financial asset” under FATCA. The IRS states that directly held precious metals are not reported on Form 8938. A safe deposit box at a foreign bank is not a financial account by itself. Gold stored inside one generally follows the same treatment as directly … Read more

Gold and silver are trading lower on Thursday, September 10, 2026, as investors focus on this morning’s Producer Price Index. Yet five developments from the last 48 hours have a stronger influence than the day-to-day price changes. Options market activity, exchange flows, moves in industrial metals, and a major bank’s oil outlook all point in … Read more

Key Takeaways Gold trades near $4,366 to $4,405 depending on feed, as of the morning of September 10, 2026. That is roughly flat versus July’s close. The entire month’s calculus now hinges on the Fed’s September 15 to 16 meeting. August producer prices came in hotter than expected. Headline PPI rose 0.4% for the month … Read more

Traders now view the Federal Reserve’s September 16 decision as roughly a coin flip. That represents a dramatic shift from six weeks ago: probabilities swung from the mid-50% range to the mid-20s, rallied above 58%, and have now returned to near‑even odds. The real story is that volatility in expectations, not the vote itself, has … Read more

Silver underperformed gold sharply today, falling roughly three times as much in the same trading session. At 8:30 a.m. ET when the August Producer Price Index was released, silver dropped from about $67.31 to $64.63, a fall near 4.1%. Gold also slipped, but by a smaller margin: approximately 1.35%, from near $4,401 to $4,343. That … Read more

Last verified: September 10, 2026. Gold and silver both sold off on Thursday morning. Silver lost roughly 3–4% during the session and gold fell closer to 1%. That raises a common question: if inflation is running hot, why did two assets commonly called inflation hedges move lower? The short answer is about expectations for interest … Read more