precious metal
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Easing inflationary pressures would typically weigh on non-yielding assets like gold but the precious metal is supported by lingering geopolitical uncertainty and cautious investor sentiment, MUFG’s Soojin Kim wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
But that doesn’t appear to have fazed confidence in the precious metal.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
Gold stocks booked losses as precious metal prices slumped to the lowest levels of the year with investors dumping bullion amid renewed U.S.-Iran attacks and look elsewhere for protection against renewed inflation risks.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The precious metal tumbled 13% over that same stretch after enjoying a multiyear rally External link that included gains of more than 30% in the past year.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Groves kept his promise: the precious metal was all returned to the Treasury, though the last of it was not transferred until 1968.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
