Gold's Calm Second Half Is Hiding a Wide Risk Map
The World Gold Council's base case points to a range around $4,100, but rates, positioning and geopolitical risk leave unusually large paths on either side.
Aug 2, 2026

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The World Gold Council's base case points to a range around $4,100, but rates, positioning and geopolitical risk leave unusually large paths on either side.
Aug 2, 2026

After a record above $5,500 and a violent retreat toward $4,000, gold's outlook depends on interest rates, the dollar, geopolitical risk, Asian demand and central-bank buying.
Jul 25, 2026

Gold-linked assets climbed after the Federal Reserve held rates steady, but the next move still depends on yields, the dollar and central-bank demand.
Jul 31, 2026

Citi, Goldman, Deutsche, HSBC and Societe Generale have published year-end gold targets a third apart from one another. The spread is not sloppiness. It is an argument about what gold is for.
Aug 18, 2026

The metal reached about 4,607 dollars an ounce on Friday, its strongest week in months, on the same US debt news that moved bonds and bitcoin. It is still below January's record, and it has just overtaken forecasts that were revised down in early August.
Aug 22, 2026

Gross federal debt crossed forty trillion dollars on 18 August. Two days later the Treasury said it would more than double its repurchases of long-dated bonds. Yields fell, gold rose, bitcoin ran, and the underlying arithmetic did not change.
Aug 22, 2026
