Something doesn’t add up in the gold market right now. Real interest rates—the force that should make gold expensive to hold—are near multi-year highs. By textbook logic, gold should be under pressure. Instead, it trades close to record levels. The explanation traces back to a key concept every long-term investor should understand: negative real interest … Read more

The least expensive way to buy physical gold is the format that delivers the most metal per dollar spent. That depends on the premium charged above the spot price, not the headline gold quote itself. Direct answer: Larger formats are the most cost-effective. On September 21, 2026, GoldSilver surveyed 110 in-stock gold listings across major … Read more

Wall Street’s long-standing rule holds that rising real interest rates tend to push gold lower. Yet Bernstein recently trimmed its long-term gold forecast and simultaneously argued that higher real rates won’t derail the metal’s advance — a change that suggests the traditional rule may be losing explanatory power. Bernstein lowered its 2030 gold price target … Read more

Gold is trading near $4,338 an ounce today, down roughly 0.9% following last week’s Federal Reserve rate increase. Conventional wisdom suggests higher rates should weigh on a non-yielding asset like gold. Yet over the past three trading days, five independent institutions reached similar conclusions about the metal’s outlook from very different analytical angles: a long-term … Read more

Key takeaways: Oil prices fell for a fourth consecutive session after a comment from former President Trump that he would “probably” meet Iran’s president at the UN. That remark reduced the market’s war-risk premium. A larger event is scheduled for Wednesday: Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for the first Chinese state visit to the U.S. … Read more

Gold is trading near $4,367, up roughly 2.4% on the day, while silver sits near $65.74, up about 4.4%. Both metals continued the rebound that began after Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision. Beyond today’s price action, five recent developments matter more for investors and market watchers: a surprisingly resilient US jobless claims report that did not … Read more

Key Takeaways “Junk silver” describes circulated U.S. dimes, quarters, and half dollars minted in 90% silver prior to 1965; the term refers to condition, not metal quality. The U.S. Mint guaranteed silver content for those coins: $1 face value in 90% coins contains about 0.715 troy ounces of pure silver, regardless of the mix of … Read more

Gold and silver turned higher in early U.S. trading Thursday, recouping part of the losses that followed Wednesday’s Federal Reserve rate decision. Gold traded near $4,368.71 an ounce, up about 2.5% on the day after an overnight low near $4,257.57. Silver rose even more strongly, advancing roughly 3.9% to about $65.45 an ounce. The rally … Read more

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported that it struck and detained a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. Another account noted a separate vessel hit nearby, but it is unclear whether that describes the same tanker. The incident followed President Trump’s comment to Axios that he faces a “big decision” regarding Iran. … Read more

Last verified: September 2026 A silver allocation represents the portion of a portfolio held in physical silver. The correct way to size that allocation is not as an independent percentage of your entire portfolio, but as a fraction of whatever you already allocate to gold. Use the gold-silver ratio to translate a gold position into … Read more