Gold and silver prices are climbing as uncertainty drives investors toward precious metals. Bullish technicals suggest further gains, with forecasts showing higher gold prices for 2025 and 2026. Both metals are proving their value as reliable hedges amid economic fluctuations, with gold futures looking to break resistance levels and silver following closely behind.
Gold prices hit record highs amid weak U.S. manufacturing data, attracting safe-haven demand. As retail sales and stock markets stumble, precious metals shine, offering investors a hedge against economic uncertainty. Discover how shifts in manufacturing and financial markets are impacting gold and other precious metals.
1. Gold’s new high signals global central banks are likely accumulating the precious metal to diversify away from the dollar, as persistently large fiscal deficits threaten to erode its real value and lead to more inflation. Gold’s move has been broad as well as pronounced with the precious metal making 50-year highs versus three-quarters of…
Many investors have included physical precious metals as part of their diversification plans, given their long history as a hedge against both inflation and during times of economic turmoil.
1. This week started the second straight session we saw stocks keep rallying as Big-Tech earnings loom. Traders also consider whether the Federal Reserve would slow its pace of interest-rate hikes after assessing weak economic data that was released today. More than 80% of stocks in the S&P 500 index closed in green on Monday,…
By Jeff Clark, Senior Analyst, GoldSilver and Adviser for Strategic Wealth Preservation. If you didn’t catch it, gold has passed the S&P 500 in year-to-date performance. Through August 12, gold is up 18.1%, while the S&P has risen 13.8%. Silver is nipping its heels, now up 10.2% YTD. But what is perhaps more significant is…
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