Gold SWOT: Central bank gold buying remains strong in 2026 The best-performing precious metal for the week was #platinum#, up 6.66%, outpacing palladium as global platinum inventories remain tight. According to the World Gold Council, central banks purchased a net 321 metric tons of #gold# in the third quarter of 2026, a 42% increase year-over-year and the highest quarterly total since late 2024. Commentary by Frank Holmes @bulldogholmes

Gold’s Biggest Bull Market Yet Isn’t Over | Brien Lundin On a day #gold# dropped hard, the man who runs the New Orleans Investment Conference says the bull market is far from over. Brien Lundin @Brien_Lundin calls this “another major secular bull market for gold,” and he expects it to be “the biggest and the best” yet, after 45 years of ever-easier money and mounting debt. Speaking with Kitco News anchor Jeremy Szafron, the Gold Newsletter editor says gold is “the piggy bank” in a margin call, broken open when investors suddenly need cash. The first 18 months of this bull market were driven by almost relentless central bank buying, he says, and the stomach-churning swings arrived only once Western traders piled in. If the selloff ever turns into a crisis on the scale of 2008 or COVID, he expects the policy response to be many times larger than the last. Special thanks to our sponsor, @DakotaGoldCorp, for making this coverage possible.

Gold's prolonged slump is showing signs of exhaustion, with trendlines flattening into a potential upside reversal pattern. $GLD $GDX After pulling back from its late August peak near $4,700, front-month Comex gold fell to ~$4,028. Gold technicals: 50-day average = $4,300 Relative strength index = 39.67, indicating selling fatigue Fibonacci retracement level = $3,900 The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday while acknowledging resilient economic activity despite persistent inflation. Seeking Alpha's top-rated gold miner is Barrick ($B), supported by strong valuation and revenue growth metrics. Seeking Alpha Quant Rating for Barrick Gold: Buy. Does the next trendline test decide gold's multi-month trajectory?