parabolic

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“We’ve seen parabolic moves in gold and silver,” said Ron Albahary, chief investment officer at Laird Norton Wetherby.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 1, 2026

Pointing to gold’s parabolic climb in recent months, which recently pushed it above $5,600 a troy ounce, he added, “There is no liquidity. It went up. On what?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The moves have been parabolic and, historically, they don’t get repaired by going sideways.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Front-month gold futures continued their parabolic move toward $5,000 a troy ounce, closing Friday at $4,976.20.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

I wasn’t sure where we’d gone since the lessons in parabolic ratios the week before.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely