2025 Metals Year-End Review and 2026 Outlook

Gold hitting $4,500 while M&A froze solid—2025 shattered expectations. Critical metal deficits loom as 2026 scenarios predict either euphoria or pain.

Defying the Playbook: Gold’s Climb Lifts South Africa’s Rand, Rewriting Market Confidence

Gold rockets past $4,381/oz, South Africa’s rand defies gravity—but miners face a paradox that threatens the entire rally’s foundation.

Gold Price Hits 7-Week High—Blame the Weak Dollar or Geopolitics?

Gold surges 60% while traders bet the Fed is wrong about 2026 rate cuts. The dollar’s collapse tells a different story than central bankers admit.

Gold Could Gain Another 20% Next Year, Defying Skeptics, Says Goldman’s Struyven

Goldman Sachs predicts gold will hit $4,300 by 2026 as central banks abandon dollars five times faster than before. Critics say it’s impossible.

Gold Jumps While Inflation Stalls, Weak Spending Intensifies December Fed Cut Bets

Gold rockets past $4,100 as inflation flatlines and spending crumbles—but the Fed’s December move could flip everything. Here’s what nobody’s saying.

Gold Slides as USD Strengthens, Risk-On Returns—Yet Bears May Be Wrong

Gold drops as dollar surges and risk appetite returns, but seasonal patterns and central bank buying hint bears might be missing the real story.