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Gold’s Leadership Handoff

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Gold’s leadership was on display last year, but it’s a new phase in 2026

Before beginning this article, it is time to introduce a short note to precede my posts:

Never will you read one word of my material that has been edited or altered, let alone written by, AI. It is unfortunate that this even needs to be stated, but it’s out there, folks. Content written by machines. Outside of ‘quant’, you cannot automate real market analysis.

Gold’s utility includes…

  • Inflation protection? Yes, over the long-term because central banks and governments are agents of inflation over the long-term. Over any shorter-term phase, it’s inflation utility is suspect, or secondary to other items like silver and commodities.
  • Disaster protection? Yes, if you define disaster as the economic condition we are heading headlong toward as a result of the above. War? Terror? Pestilence? Please.
  • Insurance? Yes, look no further than its leadership role in 2025, as it alone kicked off the next macro phase while most markets tanked on global trade fears.
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