September’s odds for a Fed rate hike jumped sharply this week — from about 35% to 57% — after a single high-profile speech. Yet the 10-year real yield, the measure that most directly influences gold prices, moved only a couple of basis points in the same period. Over the next four days investors will get … Read more

Key Takeaways The IRS does not permit you to personally store gold or silver that belongs to your IRA. This rule applies even if the metals are held through an LLC you control; a 2021 U.S. Tax Court decision rejected that home-storage approach. The restriction arises from federal statute rather than a private company rule. … Read more

Gold climbed 0.96% today to $4,370.27 an ounce, while silver rose 1.37% to $64.95. Both metals bounced off two-week lows as investors awaited this week’s employment data. Yet a more informative trend comes from earlier in the year: during the first half of 2026, investors in one major region sold gold ETF positions aggressively while … Read more

Gold and silver both dipped within minutes of this morning’s US jobs report. That immediate move made headlines, but four hours later the more useful questions are different: why was the overall reaction smaller than one might expect, and why did mining stocks fall several times more steeply than the metal itself? Below are three … Read more

The Federal Reserve delivered a notably hawkish message this week. Logically, that should push gold sharply lower. Instead, gold is down less than 1% and silver is roughly unchanged. The market that’s supposed to dread a September rate hike appears unconvinced one is imminent. Gold is trading near $4,440 per ounce, slightly below Friday’s close, … Read more

Gold is trading about 2.0% lower today, near $4,357 per ounce, while silver has fallen roughly 2.6% to about $64.79. Those moves might look connected to recent geopolitical developments, but the price action is being driven primarily by interest-rate expectations, not by sanctions headlines. Earlier this week the U.S. Treasury named gold among five Iranian … Read more

J.P. Morgan trimmed its fourth-quarter silver forecast from $90 to $63. That revision had little to do with interest rates — it was driven largely by changes in solar-panel demand. Silver traded at $64.44 per ounce as of 2:30 PM ET on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Gold was at $4,336.46. That puts the gold‑to‑silver ratio … Read more

Key Takeaways A zero interest rate policy holds a central bank’s short-term target at or near zero. The Federal Reserve ran two such episodes: December 16, 2008 to December 16, 2015, and March 15, 2020 to March 16, 2022. ZIRP does not automatically lift gold. The primary driver for gold is the real policy rate, … Read more

Gold fell more than 2% on Tuesday, September 1, while silver dropped even more. The move was straightforward: markets shifted from expecting the Federal Reserve to pause to expecting a rate increase. When interest rates rise, the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding assets like gold increases, so their market values are marked down. By Wednesday … Read more

Silver is entering its sixth consecutive year of supply deficit — a structural reality that has done nothing to support prices today. Gold is trading near $4,362, down about 1.9% from the morning open. Silver is weaker, trading around $65.13 and off roughly 2.1%. The widening gap between the two metals is the main story: … Read more