Plain-language explanations of the forces that actually move gold. No promises of profit — mechanisms.
Compares GLD and IAU against spot and futures gold, breaking down costs, liquidity, and counterparty risk versus owning physical bullion.
Read →Examines whether gold behaves like a safe haven today, using real yields, VIX correlation, credit spreads, and positioning data from October 2026.
Read →Explains why gold reacts to real yields and expectation gaps around FOMC meetings, not the headline rate, using current 10-year real yield and correlation data.
Read →An explainer on the gold-to-silver ratio, using recent data to show what it measures, why it moved, and why it isn't a timing tool.
Read →Explains why central bank gold buying is reshaping reserves and breaking the usual real-rate and dollar price model, with current market data as of October 6, 2026.
Read →A plain-language breakdown of the latest CFTC gold COT report, showing how to read speculative positioning, percentiles, and why crowded longs are a risk gauge, not a forecast.
Read →Breaks down current data on gold vs. the dollar across multiple timeframes and indexes, showing when the usual inverse relationship holds and when it breaks down.
Read →Explains how real interest rates are calculated from TIPS and Treasury yields, and why the 10-year real rate matters for gold's opportunity cost.
Read →Examines whether gold reliably hedges inflation using 2022 and 1970s-80s data, showing real interest rates, not headline inflation, drive gold's price.
Read →Breaks down four gold price drivers—dollar strength, real yields, futures positioning, and central bank buying—with current correlation data and percentiles.
Read →Gold pays no interest. That flaw, not a virtue, explains most of its moves. A plain-English explanation of real rates and the gold price.
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