Reporting Gold Stored Abroad: FBAR and FATCA Rules

featured 178825

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

5 Market Signals Point to Next Week’s Fed Decision

featured 178841

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

Sept 2026 Gold Outlook: Fed’s 15–16 Meeting and Prices

featured 178852

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

Fed Rate Hike Odds Swing From 26% to 58% – Now a Coin Flip

featured 178811

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 Plunged Three Times as Much as Gold: The PPI Story

featured 178834

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

Hot PPI Raises Fed Rate-Hike Odds, Gold and Silver Drop

featured 178845

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

Gold ETFs Attract 2 Billion as Silver Sees Investor Exodus

featured 178794

Gold exchange-traded funds attracted roughly $2 billion last week while the largest silver ETF experienced a modest outflow. These flows occurred even as gold’s spot price edged slightly lower and silver held up relatively better. That divergence deserves a closer look because it challenges the simple narrative many investors tell themselves about precious metals. What … Read more

Gold’s Tiny Output Is Worth Twice Aluminum’s: 4 Similar Signals

featured 178816

Gold’s price action is choppy today, trading near $4,400 as a softer dollar offsets oil climbing above $100 a barrel. But focusing only on today’s headline misses bigger, more durable signals. Consider four other threads: gold’s tiny annual physical output is worth far more than aluminum’s entire yearly market; registrations for bullion’s largest industry conference … Read more

September 2026 Gold-Silver Ratio: 12-Week Signal for Investors

featured 178783

The gold/silver ratio stands at 66.3 today. Three months ago it was 61.7, and five weeks ago it reached 70.4. Between those points the ratio traced most of that range more than once. That level of movement is not random noise; it reveals how these two metals behave relative to each other and why looking … Read more

Tokenized Gold Explained: When Owning Gold Claims Fall Short

featured 178787

Tokenized gold converts physical bullion into a tradable digital token. Two products, Tether Gold (XAUT) and PAX Gold (PAXG), lead the market. But because of redemption minimums, issuer policies, and custody arrangements, holding a token is not identical to holding the metal itself. Below is a clear explanation of how tokenized gold works, why it’s … Read more