Gold eased to $4,269.77 today and silver fell to $62.91, each down more than 1.7% in early U.S. trading as odds for a Fed rate increase climbed toward 87% according to CME data. That market headline matters, but it only scratches the surface. Five deeper developments — spanning regulation, sovereign custody, mine supply, storage choices, … Read more

Key Takeaways Silver trades near $63.72 an ounce, about 47.6% below its January 29, 2026 record of $121.62 (CME Group). The Federal Reserve concludes its September 15–16 meeting on September 16. Market pricing now implies roughly an 85–91% chance of a quarter-point hike, up from about 66% two weeks earlier (CME Group). Speculative silver longs … Read more

Key Takeaways: The Cantillon effect explains that newly created money does not reach everyone at once. Those who receive it first—usually banks, large financial institutions, and government contractors—can spend and invest before prices adjust. Those who receive it last, typically wage earners and savers, face higher prices paid with devalued money. Richard Cantillon developed this … Read more

Byproduct silver mining refers to silver produced incidentally during extraction of other metals such as copper, lead, and zinc. These operations are not established to mine silver on its own. Because of that, an estimated 70–80% of global silver supply cannot be quickly increased in response to a rising silver price. A dedicated primary silver … Read more

Gold dropped to $4,278.25 an ounce today, a decline of 1.62%. Silver fell further, down 2.54% to $62.96. The same catalyst is affecting markets across the board: weekend attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure and disruptions in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz sent oil prices higher. That spike shifted interest-rate expectations sharply — traders now … Read more

Gold is trading near $4,284 and silver around $63.18 on Tuesday, largely unchanged as markets wait for the Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday. The Bank of Japan will also vote on Friday, marking the first time in this tightening cycle that two major central banks are set to raise rates within the same eight-day span—an … Read more

The 10-year Treasury yield surged to 5.02% on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, marking its highest level since 2007, and that move came just one day before the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. Despite that spike—which would normally weigh on precious metals—gold remained near $4,278 an ounce and silver traded almost flat near $63.26. Below we explain … Read more

Key Takeaways Physical gold that you hold personally in your own name receives a full step-up in basis at death, so heirs generally owe no capital gains tax on decades of appreciation. Gold held inside a Gold IRA does not receive that step-up. The IRS treats distributions from an inherited Gold IRA as income in … Read more

Gold and silver declined for a second trading day ahead of the Federal Reserve’s most consequential rate decision in over a year. The move had little to do with recent violence in the Middle East. Events such as a shut oil pipeline and a vessel struck in the Strait of Hormuz would normally push investors … Read more

Gold is trading around $4,298 and silver near $63.67 on Tuesday afternoon [CME], as the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting reaches its final hours. With a rate hike already priced in at roughly 85–90% [CME FedWatch], the committee’s vote itself is likely to move markets far less than several underlying forces: how traders have positioned themselves … Read more