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Is anything not good for gold and silver these days?
Both gold and silver have added to their substantial 2025 gains over the last week, with the precious metals climbing to new all-time highs as spot gold surged past $4,400 per ounce for the first time Monday morning, rising 1.7% to around $4,410 as of 10:40 a.m. in London, while silver was up 3.3% to a record high of $69 per ounce. Writing about why gold, and to a lesser extent its sometimes forgotten sibling, silver, is rising or falling, used to be fairly easy. But in 2025, reaching for reliable phrases like “gold rose as geopolitical tensions spiked” doesn’t tell the full story anymore. Yes, there are fresh ... (full story)