Silver Round-Tripped a 6.8% Shock in Nine Days. Real Yields Did It, Not Inflation.

Silver closed at $67.28 on September 9, before a drone strike shut Saudi Arabia’s largest oil pipeline. Nine days and one Fed hike later, it is almost back. Most coverage credits fading inflation fear. The Federal Reserve’s own data disagrees: breakevens fell while real yields rose 22 basis points.

Iran Hit a Tanker in Hormuz and Trump Threatened Iran. Oil Isn’t Reacting.

Iran hit a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and Trump weighed a big decision on Iran, yet oil barely moved. Here’s the real-yield mechanism behind gold and silver’s muted reaction today.

How Much Silver Should You Own? A Portfolio Allocation Guide by Age and Goal

There is no Dalio-style institutional rule for silver the way there is for gold. This piece derives one using the live gold-silver ratio, silver’s dual monetary-and-industrial risk profile, and an age-and-goal framework that extends GoldSilver’s own gold-allocation guide.

Rates Just Went Up Twice. Five Reasons Gold Didn’t Care.

Two central banks hiked rates this week, and gold barely blinked. Five fresh signals — from Goldman’s models to a $4 billion sovereign gold shipment — show why institutional and sovereign money isn’t buying the bearish case.

The Bank of Japan Just Hiked to a 31-Year High. Gold Barely Noticed.

Three central banks moved three different directions this week, and gold barely blinked at the biggest one. Here’s the yen carry-trade mechanism behind Japan’s quietest 31-year-high rate hike, and why this time was different from 2024’s disorderly unwind.