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China's Bid to Become the World's Gold Custodian
Beijing is no longer content to buy gold for its own vaults. It is courting other central banks to store theirs in Shanghai and Hong Kong — building the custody infrastructure of a yuan-denominated alternative to the Western gold market.
21 June 2026 · 6 min read
The $4,000 Gold Era: How a Reserve Asset Was Repriced
In barely two years gold has roughly doubled, overtaken first the euro and then US Treasuries in central-bank reserves, and re-entered the heart of the monetary conversation. This is the anatomy of a structural repricing — and what it would take to reverse it.
20 June 2026 · 13 min read
After the Record: Where Gold Stands at the Midpoint of 2026
Gold has fallen roughly a fifth from its January peak near $5,600. With the war premium gone and the Fed on hold, the question is what supports the price from here — and the major banks still see new highs ahead.
19 June 2026 · 6 min read
The Warsh Fed's Hawkish Debut and What It Means for Gold
Kevin Warsh campaigned as a productivity dove. His first meeting as Fed chair delivered a hawkish hold and a dot plot tilting toward hikes. For gold, the tension between the man and the moment is the story.
18 June 2026 · 7 min read
The US–Iran Peace Deal and the Unwinding of Gold's War Premium
A June ceasefire reopened the Strait of Hormuz and sent gold tumbling from its highs. But the market is reading peace less as a geopolitical event than as a disinflation catalyst — and that distinction matters.
16 June 2026 · 6 min read
East and West Are Trading Gold in Opposite Directions
Asian investors bought the rally to record highs while North America sold the top in March, then returned. The widening gap between East and West is now the defining feature of gold's demand picture.
11 June 2026 · 6 min read
Why the PBOC's Gold Buying Spree Is About More Than Reserves
China's central bank has added gold for seventeen consecutive months since buying resumed in late 2024. The strategy reveals far more about Beijing's geopolitical calculus than its balance sheet.
7 April 2026 · 5 min read
India's Gold Import Duties and the World's Largest Consumer Market
New Delhi's tariff recalibration reshapes demand flows across South Asia and the Middle East — with implications for global gold pricing and physical premiums.
31 March 2026 · 5 min read
Euro Area Inflation Surprises — Reading the Gold Signal
March CPI data complicates the ECB's path forward and strengthens gold's case as a euro-zone hedge against persistent inflationary pressure.
28 March 2026 · 4 min read
The Bank of Japan's Yield Curve Shift and What It Means for Gold
Tokyo's policy normalization sends ripples through the yen carry trade — and gold stands to benefit as decades of ultra-loose monetary policy unwind.
24 March 2026 · 5 min read
The Fed's Extended Pause and Gold's Next Move
With the Federal Reserve holding steady through Q1 2026, the gold market is pricing in a new normal — one where the absence of rate cuts is itself bullish for gold.
21 March 2026 · 4 min read
Gold Corridors: How Sanctions Are Reshaping Physical Gold Trade Routes
From Dubai to Shanghai, the geography of gold flows is being redrawn by geopolitical fault lines. An investigation into the new corridors of physical gold trade — and what they mean for the market's structure.
20 March 2026 · 8 min read
The Gulf States' Quiet Pivot from Dollar Reserves
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are quietly diversifying reserves away from the dollar. Gold is a primary beneficiary of a strategic realignment decades in the making.
19 March 2026 · 4 min read
Real Yields Are Rising. Why Isn't Gold Falling?
The traditional inverse correlation between real yields and gold has broken down since 2022. Three structural factors explain why — and what it means for the road ahead.
17 March 2026 · 5 min read
What the Copper-Gold Ratio Is Telling Us About the Cycle
The copper-gold ratio has long served as a leading indicator for global growth expectations. Its current reading is unusually ambiguous — and that ambiguity itself is informative.
14 March 2026 · 4 min read
Turkey's Lira Crisis and the Domestic Gold Rush
Turkish citizens are buying gold at record rates as the lira continues its long-term decline against hard assets — a case study in currency debasement and rational behavior.
12 March 2026 · 4 min read
Treasury Volatility Hits 2023 Levels — Gold's Quiet Beneficiary Role
The MOVE index has surged to levels not seen since the regional banking crisis. Gold is absorbing the flight-to-safety flows that once flowed exclusively into US Treasuries.
10 March 2026 · 4 min read
West Africa's Push for Mining Sovereignty and What It Means for Supply
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea are rewriting mining codes to capture more value from gold production — with implications for global supply and the companies operating there.
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