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Silver
The brief on silver — the monetary-metal trade and its industrial second life.
18 mornings covered silver this year
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Monday settled split
Sanctions day: crude fell, gold was named a target and rose, and the near-dated Hormuz toll bands were bid.
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Friday reversed the week without redeeming it
The silver read — Silver beat gold — that points at money, not war.
Read the briefFriday, August 21, 2026
Washington said its buybacks would get bigger and the long bond got sold anyway: the 30-year settled at 5.24% and the 10-year at 4.70%, both…
The silver read — Silver led by far, which argues money not war
Read the briefThursday, August 20, 2026
The 30-year fell to 5.20% and the dollar fell with it — EUR/USD +0.86%, USD/JPY -0.80%
The silver read — Both rose almost equally, which argues money not war
Read the briefWednesday, August 19, 2026
Equities fell a third straight session and the selling was concentrated where the discount rate bites hardest: the Nasdaq -1.33%, the S&P 500…
The silver read — Sold hard — the shutdown bet coming out
Read the briefSaturday, August 15, 2026
Friday gave the week to oil and took it back from everything else
The silver read — Silver led gold — a deficit story, not a war one
Read the briefThursday, August 13, 2026
July inflation landed exactly where it was supposed to: consumer prices up 0.1% on the month, the annual rate 3.4%, core 0.2% and 2.5% — every…
The silver read — Silver leading gold points at rates, not war
Read the briefTuesday, August 11, 2026
Monday was the first full session since Friday and it moved one thing violently: WTI settled $82.13, +5.05% on the day, Brent $87.72, +4.99%,…
The silver read — Ran roughly six times gold's move in a single session.
Read the briefMonday, August 10, 2026
Friday's settled close still stands as the last full session: the S&P 500 at a record 7,757.64, its best week since April, with the 30-year at…
Peace priced, passage re-dated — the reopening curve breaks at every horizon
Read the briefFriday, August 7, 2026
Gold closed at $4,396.20, up 2.25% on the day and its strongest week since January, with silver up 3.02% to $63.47
The silver read — Gold's best week since January, silver leading it.
Read the briefThursday, August 6, 2026
Iran confirmed it is finalising an accord with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz and the President said a deal could come within days - after weeks…
The silver read — Gold and silver rallied into the good news.
Read the briefTuesday, August 4, 2026
Crude had its worst two sessions of the war: WTI fell 5.5% on Tuesday to $75.92, taking the two-day fall to 12.5%, after the President called off…
The silver read — Gold, silver and copper all rose — no peace priced.
Read the briefWednesday, July 22, 2026
THE RE-SPIKE - OIL TO $94, GOLD TO A RECORD, THE WAR ENTRENCHES
Wednesday 2026-07-22 - the diplomatic flicker died and the Iran war entrenched (a 10th night, a widening front to Saudi Arabia, a nuclear-site threat), sending Brent to $94 (Goldman eyes $120) and gold to a record above $4,100; a chip-led equity bounce runs against it
Read the briefTuesday, July 21, 2026
AN UNEASY BOUNCE ON A DIPLOMATIC FLICKER
The silver read — Gold and silver rose through the bounce - respect it.
Read the briefMonday, July 20, 2026
THE WAR WENT KINETIC - OIL'S BIGGEST JUMP IN SIX YEARS
The silver read — Silver bid, gold steadied - a real risk event, not rates.
Read the briefThursday, July 16, 2026
TACO TUESDAY - THE TOLL'S GONE, THE WAR ISN'T
The silver read — Gold and silver won't bid - the war premium unwound.
Read the briefMonday, July 6, 2026
Monday's reopen answered the weekend - and it wasn't holiday liquidity: the hard-asset bid HELD
Monday 2026-07-06 - the reopen after the July 4th weekend
Read the briefSaturday, July 4, 2026
US markets were closed for Independence Day (4 July, a Saturday) - but the markets that never shut kept moving
Long-weekend edition · 2026-07-04 - US markets closed for Independence Day (equities & yields = Thu 2 Jul close)
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