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November 13, 2026 ・Original Analysis

Bitcoin Is Supposed to Be Digital Gold. So Why Does It Crash With Tech Stocks?

Bitcoin is supposed to be digital gold. A scarce asset that governments can’t print, banks can’t inflate away, and investors can hold when confidence in the financial system deteriorates. So why does it sometimes trade like a leveraged bet on Silicon Valley? Bitcoin’s latest selloff arrived alongside a broader retreat from technology stocks, particularly companies […]

October 6, 2026 ・Key Gold Headlines

Pension Funds Quietly Abandon the 60/40 Playbook for Gold

According to a recent report published by the World Gold Council, pension funds across multiple countries are adding gold to their portfolios, not as a speculative bet, but as a structural response to problems with the traditional 60/40 stock-bond model. The findings arrive as gold trades near in the low 4,000s, reaching a high of […]

September 29, 2026 ・Key Gold Headlines

Irrational Allocation and Gold

Americans own far less gold than they should. Less than .5% of American consumer portfolios are gold. Although gold provides countercyclical safety to the market and has grown consistently in relation to the dollar and performed not dramatically differently from the S&P over the last 25 years, Americans still only allocate a tiny portion of […]