The Fed Printed $7 Trillion. Velocity Kept It Quiet. That’s Changing.

The Fed printed trillions. Inflation didn’t follow — not immediately. Here’s the monetary mechanism that kept it quiet, why it’s now reversing, and what the velocity of money chart is signaling for gold investors right now.

What Is the Gold Volatility Index (GVZ) — and What Does It Mean for You?

The GVZ (Cboe Gold ETF Volatility Index) measures what options traders expect gold prices to do over the next 30 days — using the same methodology as the VIX, applied to GLD options. Here’s what the historical regimes mean, why GVZ can spike during a gold bull market, and what it actually signals for long-term physical gold holders.