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Following U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, Trump calls for regime change, setting up a 24–48 hour window of heightened market volatility as crude oil jumps, gold rallies, and stocks retreat while investors weigh the risk of a broader conflict and potential use of strategic reserves.
Billionaire family offices used year-end filings to load up on equities — with Omega Advisors boosting Rocket Companies and Manchester United, Appaloosa expanding Micron, and Duquesne starting Bloom Energy — while Rausing’ Longbow trimmed core tech bets. Crypto exposure included WIT’s Bitcoin ETF and Coinbase moves, and Ray Dalio’s Marino Management shifted heavily into SPDR Gold Trust, underscoring divergent strategies across stocks, crypto, and gold as 2025 closes.
At the LHC's ALICE experiment, ultraperipheral lead-208 collisions produce gold-205 briefly via photon exchange, with a cross section near 6.8 barns and a lifetime of about 1e-23 seconds. This clean, photon-driven process lets physicists probe nuclear structure and QED at high energy and informs future collider design.
Gold traded mostly sideways over the past week despite U.S.–Iran tensions, signaling a softer safe-haven bid as the dollar strengthens and risk appetite returns. Prices briefly topped $5,000 but couldn’t sustain the move, with analysts saying the bull run may be losing steam and gold is acting more like a risk asset than a hedge. For gains to resume, gold would likely need to hold above $5,000 or endure a meaningful pullback with a catalyst; central‑bank buying and dollar dynamics continue to shape the outlook.
Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the gold medal, with Zach Werenski feeding Jack Hughes for the OT winner, delivering USA's first hockey gold since 1980.
Canada edged Great Britain 9-6 to win the men’s curling gold at Milano Cortina 2026, with Brad Jacobs scoring a decisive three in the ninth and sealing the victory with a 10th-end steal; Jacobs becomes the first male skip to win two Olympic curling titles, while GB take silver and Switzerland win bronze.
Canada won the Olympic men's curling gold at Cortina d’Ampezzo, overcoming cheating allegations by defeating Britain in the gold-medal match.
The U.S. dollar’s long-standing status as a global safe haven faces headwinds from rising debt costs, sanctions and tariffs, prompting investors to seek alternatives like gold and, increasingly, Europe’s push toward non-dollar digital payments (e.g., Wero). Foreign holders of U.S. Treasuries have fallen, China is diversifying into gold, and analysts warn the dollar could weaken further over time, though the timing remains uncertain.
Researchers compressed gold in a hydrogen-rich environment to megabar pressures (>110 GPa) using a diamond anvil cell and, with ultrafast diffraction from the European XFEL, observed hydrogen incorporation into gold to form a stable gold hydride. The result shows gold’s noble behavior can break down under extreme planetary-core-like conditions, potentially altering models of gas giant interiors and suggesting new metallic hydride materials. The hydride persists only under high pressure; releasing pressure causes hydrogen to escape and gold to revert to its original state.
A reported discovery of gold particles in a cattle pen has sparked a mass, illegal gold dig in Springs, near Johannesburg, with hundreds sifting soil, risking ground instability and environmental damage as authorities warn and police crack down on zama zamas; some diggers have reportedly sold gold on the black market, highlighting ongoing challenges of illicit mining in South Africa, even as security measures are considered.
Gold and silver prices slipped as traders weigh rate expectations ahead of a busy U.S. data week, with spot gold down 0.9% to $4,997.74/oz and April gold futures at $5,019.25/oz, while spot silver fell 1.5% to $76.808/oz and platinum at $2,043.20/oz. The market focus is on the Federal Reserve minutes from the January meeting and December PCE inflation data, along with U.S. trade and industrial production figures, as investors reassess the path of monetary policy and inflation.
Stocks opened mixed: the Dow rose modestly while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell as investors weighed AI-related jitters, with gold and silver also retreating, signaling cautious sentiment even as traders rebalance away from tech after a three-day weekend.
Gold fell more than 1% in thin liquidity as a firmer dollar supported non-dollar priced bullion, with spot gold around $4,976/oz and US futures near $4,997/oz. Silver dropped about 2% and platinum/palladium also slid, as traders weighed mixed US data and expectations for Fed policy amid holiday closures in the US and Lunar New Year in Asia.
Yen strength from Japan’s election and expectations of BoJ rate hikes dominates the week, boosting Yen crosses while the US dollar stays softer. Watch for potential long entries against the Yen around support at 152.14 and 151.61. The S&P 500 appears poised to extend gains above 7,025, Bitcoin shows a tentative reversal after a multi‑month drop but remains high-risk, and Gold is consolidating after a sharp slide and not yet a long setup until it makes a sustained multi‑month high close. Favored trades: long the S&P 500 on a daily close above 7,025 and long any Yen cross except CHF/JPY.
Gold climbed over 2% after January CPI rose 0.2%—below expectations—reigniting bets the Fed will cut rates this year, with spot prices near $5,030/oz and April futures around $5,051/oz. Silver also rose about 2% to $76.88/oz, while January jobs data showed 130,000 new hires. Markets estimate roughly 63 basis points of cuts this year, with the first move expected in July per LSEG. China’s gold demand stayed strong ahead of Lunar New Year, and India saw a discount market.