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1 analysis on how Real Returns is shaping the gold market.

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Gold’s First Real All-Time High Since 1980

In nominal terms gold has set records for two years. But in today’s dollars, January’s peak did something it had not managed in forty-four years: pass the real value of the 1980 top. A 28% correction has since tested that record — and it is still standing.

26 July 2026 · 10 min read

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