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Precious Metals News

Barron's: Gold and Silver Have Cooled. Why It's Time to Buy

Silver appears to be more attractive than gold because of the elevated gold-silver ratio (it remains at 91) and because silver is exhibiting greater recent strength. In the past month, the price of gold has been flat while silver has gained 10%.

Fortune: Gold Prices Should Hit $4,000 as U.S. Deficits May Overshadow the Israel-Iran Conflict, BofA Says

BofA estimated the central banks' gold holdings are now equivalent to just under 18% of outstanding U.S. public debt, up from 13% a decade ago. "That tally should be a warning for policymakers."

Fox Business: Top Economist Warns America is Heading Toward Economic Disaster the Fed Can't Fix

"It means stock prices come down, real estate prices go down, companies fail. There's going to be bankruptcies. There's going to be defaults. There's going to be a protracted recession, probably a much worse financial crisis than 2008."

Bloomberg News: DoubleLine's Gundlach Says 'Reckoning Is Coming' for US Debt

Gundlach previously predicted that the price of gold would shatter records, as happened this year, and in May, he told CNBC that the precious metal could swell to $4,000 per ounce, up from about $3,350 now.

CNBC: Buy Hard Assets Like Gold Ahead of a Potential Bond Market Panic, Says Bear Traps' Larry McDonald

"The old 60/40 portfolio should maybe be 30/30/30/10, in other words a much larger component of commodities," where the 30% slices are bonds, stocks and the commodities and the 10% piece is cash.

Finbold: Gold on Fire as Investors Ditch Fiat Currencies

With several key economic indicators, including interest rates, remaining uncertain, investors are likely to continue seeking refuge in safe-haven assets like gold.

Fortune: Central Banks Have Dumped $48 Billion in Treasuries as Foreign Wealth Officials Divorce the Dollar

"We're of the view that deficits are going to continue to climb higher in the coming years, and what we struggle with is, 'Who is going to help support that higher level of supply?'"

Reuters: Central Banks Favor Gold Over Dollar for Reserves, WGC Survey

Central banks have accumulated more than 1,000 metric tons of gold in each of the last three years. This represented a significant rise from the 400-500 ton average in the preceding decade.

The Wall Street Journal: Gold Is the Real Rival to the Dollar's Reserve Status

European policymakers hope the euro will ultimately benefit from uneasiness over the dollar's dominance, which has been exacerbated this year by rising U.S. deficits.

The Wall Street Journal: Gold Surpasses Euro as Second-Largest Global Reserve Asset, ECB Says

Globally, central bank holdings of gold at the end of 2024 stood at around 36,000 tons, near the all-time high of 38,000 tons set in 1965.

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