Weekly Notes
Weekly market commentary and analysis from the WatchGold team.
Weekly Precious Metals Recap — Silver Takes the Lead Despite a stronger U.S. dollar, #Gold and #Silver finished the week with a strong rally, with silver clearly leading the move today.
Gold gained approximately 1.5%, while silver surged nearly 3%, an impressive move considering the continued strength in the dollar. We also heard reports of strong physical buying out of China, which remains an important market to watch.…
Weak Payrolls, Lower Crude, and a Market That Likes What It Sees
Weak nonfarm payrolls, coupled with crude oil falling 3.7%, have given the market something to cheer about. U.S. dollar and interest rates are lower, equities…
#Gold & #Silver Weekly Recap — A Week of Reversals
Today we are seeing a reversal of yesterday’s price action, with crude lower and gold and silver higher. Yesterday, rising crude, a stronger USD and concerns…
#Gold & #Silver Options Reflect a Range-Bound Market — Despite GLD Call Buying
My good friend Ralph Mizrahi put out an interesting LinkedIn post on GLD options. He is a great source for following options activity, and there has clearly…
Weekly Precious Metals Recap — Gold and Silver Finish on a Stronger Note
Precious metals are ending the week stronger, with silver up 1.5% and gold up 0.75% today, while crude oil is down 1.25%. The pullback in crude has helped ease…
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- Sep 3, 2026Crude Oil Futures Are Up 1.5% — So Why Are Gold & Silver Rallying?
- Aug 28, 2026Can You Guess When Chair Warsh Started Speaking? Just Look at Gold.
- Aug 21, 2026Weekly Precious Metals Recap: #Gold & #Silver — Is This Rally for Real?
- Aug 14, 2026Weekly Precious Metals Recap: #Gold & #Silver — Gold EFP Slightly Firmer as Gold Finishes the Week in the Middle of Its Range
- Aug 7, 2026Weekly Precious Metals Recap: What a wonderful way to end the week!
- Jul 31, 2026Why the Smartest Gold Voice Says Wait; Andy Tanner Podcast with Bob Gottlieb
- Jul 30, 20265-Day Precious Metals Recap
- Jul 24, 2026Weekly recap for #Gold and #Silver: The precious metals market finished the week with a familiar theme: geopolitics and energy prices remained firmly in the driver's seat.
- Jul 20, 2026Market commentary and EFPs
- Jul 17, 2026No end in sight for the Iran crisis, and #gold and #silver took another hit today, with spot gold closing yeseterday below $4,000 at the 1:30 p.m. EST CME close.
- Jul 6, 2026Resilience, Base Building, and the Virtue of Patience
- Jul 1, 2026SILVER ALERT: Is the Silver EFP Signaling That Tariff Concerns Are Returning?
- Jun 26, 2026Weekly Precious Metals Recap: A Welcome Reprieve After a Difficult Week
- Jun 23, 2026Silver Selloff Continues: What's Really Driving the Weakness?
- Jun 19, 2026Weekly Precious Metals Recap
- Jun 12, 2026Weekly Precious Metals Recap: Play It Again, Sam
- Jun 5, 2026NFP Stronger, #Gold & #Silver Lower — Weekly Recap
- May 29, 2026Weekly #Gold and #Silver Recap – More of the Same as Large ETF and Futures Positions Continue to Be Reduced
- May 27, 2026Major break in correlation between #Oil and #Precious Metals: what’s driving it?