Gold plunged back below $4,000 an ounce for the first time since November 2025 this morning, as a resurgent dollar and the prospect of higher interest rates bring bullion’s three-year bull market to a halt (now down 30% from its January highs). The precious metal has posted double-digit gains for each of the last three years, more than doubling in price as central banks, money managers and retail investors all piled into the trade. That rally ran out of steam in late January, shortly after the precious metal hit an all-time-high near $5,600 an ounce. Chief among the factors that weighed on bullion’s performance was ... (full story)