The sell-off continued today. In pre-market trading, $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$ and $Gold Trust Ishares(IAU)$ fell 2.86% and 2.77%, respectively. Mining ETFs $VanEck Gold Miners ETF(GDX)$ and $VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF(GDXJ)$ declined 5.12% and 5.24%, while leveraged products amplified the downside, with $MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN(GDXU)$ down 15.37%, $Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares(NUGT)$ down 10.39%, and $Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares(JNUG)$ falling 7.03%.
Typically, war equals higher gold prices. But 2026 is proving different. With gasoline prices up 21% since the conflict began, inflation expectations are ripping higher. The market is betting the Fed will stay "higher for longer," pushing real yields up and temporarily choking gold's momentum.
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At the recently concluded GTC 2026, $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ unveiled nearly its entire arsenal: the Vera Rubin architecture pushing the limits of compute, the acquisition of Groq bringing LPUs to strengthen inference capabilities, and the OpenClaw agent strategy. Jensen Huang has effectively completed a transformation—from “selling chips” to becoming a full-stack AI service provider.
Housing data showed modest improvement as existing home sales rose and affordability reached its highest level since 2022. However, Treasuries declined as geopolitical risks and inflation concerns pushed yields higher, while corporate and high-yield bonds faced volatility.
NVIDIA has publicly acknowledged that the main cost pressure behind maintaining its ~75% gross margin comes from HBM (High Bandwidth Memory). Meanwhile, Amazon has reportedly raised its 2026 capital expenditure target to $200 billion, signaling massive investment by hyperscalers. Their hunger for memory is reshaping the entire bill of materials (BOM) for AI infrastructure.