Silver Holds Near $80 as Iran Ceasefire Revives Rate-Cut Bets

Silver surged more than 5% Tuesday and is holding near $80 — the highest level since March. The move isn’t simple. When the US and Israel launched their air campaign against Iran, gold fell 10% instead of rising. The reason was oil, the Strait of Hormuz, and an inflation shock that killed rate-cut expectations. The Iran ceasefire is now reversing all three dynamics at once — and silver is responding through both its monetary and industrial demand channels. Here’s the mechanism, the data, and the one date every precious metals investor should have on their radar.

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The Week Everything Changed for Gold: Russia’s Bold Move and What It Means for Investors

Something massive happened in the gold market this week — and almost nobody noticed.  Russia quietly launched its own gold exchange in St. Petersburg, marking the first serious challenge to London’s century-old control over global gold pricing. This isn’t just another commodity exchange. It’s a seismic shift that could fundamentally alter how gold is valued worldwide.  In this week’s Gold Silver Show, Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard connected the dots between several converging trends that suggest we’re witnessing a historic transformation in precious metals markets.  Breaking London’s Monopoly  For over 100 years, the London Bullion Market Association has essentially dictated […]