Gold rallied sharply higher up to key overhead resistance. Silver moved sideways.

The headline Optimism Index surged by 8 points month-over-month for its biggest jump since 1980 and up to the highest level since June 2021. 

A break and hold below 90,000 could see a retest of major support at 70,000, or, at least, a pullback from its high of 103,990 to around 86,995.

We've seen a big shift in sentiment over the past few sessions, with players moving from enthusiastically bullish to increasingly concerned with downside risks in the market.

There are solid developments in the gold market that could send the price of gold soaring well past $3,000.

Elevated equity valuations make the U.S. market vulnerable to negative surprises, and further dollar strength will challenge emerging markets.

The Chinese market is much more dominated by physical trading, whereas the western hemisphere is dominated by 'paper Gold' (certificates and futures).

Stocks continued their sluggish price action today, with all three major indexes finishing modestly lower.

A surge in card spending drove consumer debt higher by $19.2 billion, a 4.5 percent increase, according to the most recent data from the Federal Reserve. The increase in debt was nearly double expectations.

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Gold prices rose last week from USD $2,643 to $2,697/oz, and silver increased from $31.50 to $32.60, driven primarily by geopolitical uncertainties.

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Kia share price has lost more than 25% over the past six months.

Bitcoin’s leverage flush was relatively modest compared to that of altcoins, with $143 million in BTC longs liquidated.

Gold and silver prices started selling off after it became clear that Trump was going to win the election. Just a few weeks later both markets have recovered.

Veeva is adding AI capabilities to several of its offerings as it continues to successfully migrate its customers over to Vault CRM.

Bitcoin has been trading at the $96,000 level with a 0.94% drop over the trading day at the time of writing.

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Shares of Alphabet are trading up over 4%, and outside of an earnings report, it would be the largest upside gap for the stock since March.

The FTSE 100 index in the UK declined on Tuesday as mining stocks dropped.