Hong Kong Just Ran Its First Gold Settlement. The Banks Who Did It Also Run London’s.

Hong Kong’s Precious Metals Central Clearing Company ran its first institutional gold settlements on July 7, 2026. Four of the banks behind it — HSBC, JPMorgan, UBS, and Citi — also run London’s gold clearing system. Here is what that tells you about where gold pricing power is heading.

State Street Predicts $5,500 Gold by Q1 2027: Is the Dip Over?

State Street’s July 2026 Monthly Gold Monitor targets $5,000 per ounce into early 2027, with a 70% probability baseline range of $4,750–$5,500. Here is the structural case behind the forecast — record global debt, central bank buying, and a stock-bond correlation breakdown — and what a gold recovery means for silver’s high-beta setup.

Why China’s Gold Buying Spree Outweighs India’s Pause

China’s bar and coin gold demand hit a record 207 tonnes in Q1 2026 while India paused on a 15% import duty hike. Here’s why the divergence matters — and what it means for your physical gold allocation.

Warsh Told Wall Street to Stop Watching the Fed. Gold Already Knew.

Fed Chair Warsh told Congress to stop trading his guidance and start trading the data. Gold price and Fed policy in 2026 now run on the same rulebook physical holders have always used. Here’s the mechanism behind today’s $4,007 close — and the one number that determines what happens next.

What Is Purchasing Power — and Why Every Dollar You Save Is Slowly Being Taxed Away

The dollar has lost 87% of its purchasing power since 1971. Learn what purchasing power actually is, why fiat currency erodes it, and why gold doesn’t.

Gold Falls as Retail Sales Confirm the Fed Has No Reason to Cut

Gold fell to $4,016 and silver dropped 2.6% Thursday after June retail sales printed +0.2%. Strip out gasoline stations — down 5.3% on the month — and the consumer is actually holding up. That’s the problem for gold: a resilient consumer keeps the Fed parked, real yields elevated, and non-yielding metals under pressure.

Silver Dropped 1.4% Today. Gold Didn’t. The Ratio Just Hit 70:1.

The gold-silver ratio hit 70:1 today as silver fell 1.4% while gold held essentially flat. Here is the mechanism behind the divergence — and the two dates that will likely close the gap.

Why Hong Kong? Inside GoldSilver’s Offshore Gold Storage Network

GoldSilver stores your gold in Hong Kong through a Malca-Amit vault adjacent to Hong Kong International Airport, inside a Free Trade Zone, insured by Lloyd’s of London. Here is exactly how it works — and why the location matters.

Gold Holds as CPI and PPI Both Miss. Here’s Why.

June CPI and PPI both came in below consensus. Gold still isn’t rallying. The reason is oil repricing forward inflation faster than the Fed can act on last month’s data — and what that means for the months ahead.

Gold Went Up 600%. Your Mining Stocks Didn’t. Here’s Why.

Gold went up 600% since 2006. Junior miners are still negative over the same period. Rob McEwen — the operator who built Goldcorp into a multi-billion dollar producer — explains the exact mechanism behind the gap, what finally closes it, and why mining stocks at 2% of global equity may be the setup of the decade.