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21 Jan 2026

How Much Metal Can $10K Buy?

Source: ELEMENTS

20 Jan 2026

Gold is now the most “crowded trade”, acc to BofA’s monthly Global Fund Manager Survey.

Source: Holger Zschaepitz @Schuldensuehner BofA

16 Jan 2026

This is HISTORIC: The gold-to-silver ratio plunged to 50, the lowest in 14 YEARS.

This means it now takes just 50 ounces of silver to buy 1 ounce of gold, down from ~105 in April 2025. Since then, gold prices have rallied +43% while silver prices have SKYROCKETED an unbelievable +186%. Silver is outperforming gold at the fastest pace in decades. Source: Global Markets Investor Global Markets Investor

15 Jan 2026

The Correlation Between Gold Prices and Japanese Bond Yields (2013–2025)

Gold (in organe) and 10-year JGB yields (in blue). Japan was always the endgame Source: www.zerohedge.com

14 Jan 2026

The Gold/Silver pair down to 52x - the lowest since Dec 2012

Since: zerohedge

14 Jan 2026

The next 24 hours could be extremely volatile! supreme court tariff ruling is expected today at 10:00 am et

Markets price a 71% chance that courts rule Trump’s tariffs illegal, raising the prospect of $600B+ in refunds and significant market uncertainty. A non-consensus view argues the opposite outcome is more likely: keeping the tariffs may be less disruptive than reversing them. U.S. businesses have already adapted by restructuring supply chains, repricing goods, and adjusting investment plans, so a sudden rollback could punish those who adjusted and reward those who didn’t. Early fears of runaway inflation, collapsing earnings, and stalled growth have not materialized. Striking down the tariffs would also create legal and fiscal uncertainty around refunds and replacement measures, increasing volatility. Once embedded, tariffs function as a fiscal revenue tool, not just trade policy. Bottom line: The court may prioritize the least disruptive outcome—maintaining or modifying tariffs rather than eliminating them outright. Source: Cassian @ConvexDispatch, @BobEUnlimited

14 Jan 2026

Gold has now outperformed the S&P 500 for 6 consecutive months, the longest streak since the Global Financial Crisis

Source: Barchart

13 Jan 2026

Gold is flooding out of the US at a record pace

US non-monetary gold exports surged to a record $17.1 BILLION in October. This refers to physical bullion shipped for investment, jewelry, and industrial use, not central bank reserves. This marks an unprecedented spike compared with the typical ~$1–3B monthly range over the last 15 years. The surge reflects soaring demand for hard assets as investors hedge against currency weakness, geopolitical tensions, and trade-policy uncertainty. Truly unprecedented. Source: Global Markets Investor

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