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Precious Metals

Gold

Gold usually acts as the market's classic hedge when inflation, real rates, or macro stress take center stage.

It sits between monetary psychology and physical demand, which makes it useful for reading risk appetite, central-bank behavior, and capital-preservation flows.

Benchmark
Spot gold in USD per troy ounce.
Use Cases
3
Tracked In
1 industries

Quick Read

Daily market pricing.
Data source: Alpha Vantage
real yields
central-bank buying
USD direction
ETF flows

Price History

How Gold has been moving

Use the chart to frame cycle strength, input-cost pressure, and how the signal may feed into sector margins.

Gold

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Why this commodity matters

Gold is rarely only an inflation story or only a fear story. The real read comes from how real yields, dollar direction, reserve diversification, and safe-haven demand line up at the same time.

What this raw material is useful for

Precious-metal miners and royalty companies
Defensive positioning during macro stress
Reading inflation-hedge demand and safe-haven behavior

Sectors that care the most

Latest
4.12K USD per troy ounce
Latest Change
-0.1%
1Y Change
+22.7%
5Y Change
+127.8%
All-Time High
5.48K USD per troy ounce
All-Time Low
1.05K USD per troy ounce

Demand Drivers

Central-bank reserve accumulation
ETF and bullion-investment flows
Jewelry demand in key physical markets
Falling real yields or lower confidence in fiat stability

Supply Drivers

Mine-output growth and grade quality
Project delays, permitting, and geopolitical disruption
Recycling flows when prices spike
Producer hedging or de-hedging behavior

Benchmark & Coverage

Benchmark: Spot gold in USD per troy ounce.

Series cadence: Daily market pricing.

Stored points: 5331 observations

Date span: 2011-06-01 to 2026-07-12

Watchpoint 1
real yields
Watchpoint 2
central-bank buying
Watchpoint 3
USD direction
Watchpoint 4
ETF flows

Industry Connections

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Basic Materials

Gold