Gold is up 6.82% year to date, silver is up 5.29%

 SPX is up 5.42% ytd

WTI is up about 78% ytd 

Year to date gold and silver are beating the S&P 500

 

Gold is up 11.82% ytd, silver 12.85%

 

Gold is up 9.9323% YTD, silver 5.9767%

Silver and gold had a good week: 

Silver: $76.60 USD +$4.04 USD +5.57% 1W

Gold: $4,764.80 USD +$112.50 USD +2.42% 1W.

Silver was $72.28 on Jan 1, gold was $4,334.30.

Prices are per APMEX, where the 3M and YTD results just happen to be nearly identical as of April 12th, indicating more stability actually Mar 31 to Apr 12.

The war in Iran has been net negative for both gold and silver in the last 30 days, however, as oil prices rose in a volatile manner, which is where all the betting action went. Gold was down over 7% and silver over 10% in the last 30 days.

The blockade of Iran is likely to cause oil prices to spike much more this week, and precious metals to fade, but you never know from day to day with you know who in charge.

Stackers of precious metals will view future price drops as buying opportunities.

Judas' silver is up 2% year to date, gold is up 8%

 Silver:  $73.77 USD +$1.49 USD +2.06% YTD

Gold:  $4,693.90 USD +$359.60 USD +8.3% YTD  

Silver is down 2.43% ytd per apmex, gold is up 4.04%

Silver:  $70.52 USD - ($1.76) USD -2.43% YTD

Gold:  $4,509.40 USD $175.10 USD 4.04% YTD
 

Year to date silver is down 5% and gold is up almost 4%

 

Gold and silver are on sale today lol

 Gold and silver sell-off accelerates as inflation fears grip global markets

... fears about the Iran war and inflation gripped global markets ... 

... The moves in gold and silver come amid broader risk-off sentiment, which has seen global equities and government bonds fall in tandem. ... 

Gold ends the week up 16.20% year to date, silver 12.53%

 

Gold is up 19.73% ytd, silver up 17.94%

 

Gold finished the week up 22.15% year to date, silver 30.77%

 

Gold ended the week last week up 18.19% year to date, silver up 18.07%

 

Gold up 16.75% ytd, silver up 8.11%

 

Silver and gold remain up year-to-date

 

Hi yo sil . . .

 

Silver resumes its slide, plunging 12%, after short-lived rebound

 

... Spot silver prices were trading almost 12% lower at 8:32 a.m. ET, at around $77.42 per ounce ... 

Yes, the dollar weakened in January 2026, but within a big picture environment of a strong dollar not a weak dollar

The nominal broad U.S. Dollar Index last averaged below 120 in December 2023.

Gold and silver climbed to all time highs in January 2026, defying the standard narrative that precious metals are the haven of choice when the dollar is weak. 

 

117.89 on Jan 30th

119.22 average in Jan 2026

Gold and silver rebound but remain well off their highs, about -12% for gold, almost -29% for silver

Gold and silver bugs view it as a buying opportunity.

 Gold and silver rebound, pulling global mining stocks and precious metal ETFs higher

... Spot gold was last up about 5.5% to $4,921.29 per ounce. Gold futures in New York gained more than 6%, hovering at around $4,936.60 as of 4:48 a.m. ET.

Spot silver rose over 9% to settle at around $86.70 per ounce. Silver futures in New York were up 12% at $86.49. ...

Gold had hit a record high of $5,594.82 on Thursday January 29th, silver hit a record high of $121.64 the same day.

 

 

Gold had hit a record high of $5,594.82 on Thursday January 29th, silver hit a record high of $121.64 also on Thursday, and platinum hit its record high on Monday at $2,918.80

 -- Reuters

Gold and silver plunge after Trump picks more pragmatic Kevin Warsh to head the Fed over dove Kevin Hassett

 Gold and Silver tumble as Trump’s Fed Chair pick Warsh seen as preserving central bank independence

... Claudio Wewel, FX strategist at J. Safra Sarasin Sustainable Asset Management, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Friday that a “perfect storm” of geopolitical tensions had helped precious metals move higher this year, pointing to the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Washington’s threats to use military force in Greenland and Iran.

More recently, he said, speculation over who would be nominated as the next Fed chair had been influencing metal markets.

“The market has clearly been pricing the risk of a much more dovish contender, that’s been largely helping the gold price along with other precious metal prices. Over the last 24 hours, the news flow has changed a little bit,” Wewel said, prior to Trump’s announcement. ...

Spot gold to $5,591.61, spot silver to $119.34

 -- Reuters 10:42pm EST