Supply & Demand

The downturn is now global and simultaneous: US consumption is running out of steam, unemployment is rising in Europe, household and business confidence is collapsing in China, while defaults are increasing and bond flows betray a growing flight for safety.

This week we'll review a few ratio charts that compare the Gold price to various measures of housing in the United States.

Today, China appears to be the absolute master of the silver market. The directives recently published by Beijing clearly show its intention to retake full control of this market and revalue the metal to levels many multiples above its initial price.

This week, we will look at how two Gold ratio charts are telegraphing a secular bull market that has a great deal of fuel left in the tank and in fact may just be getting started.

With an increase of nearly 150% last year, silver is making a spectacular comeback. It remains to be seen whether this momentum will continue in 2026, as the white metal remains strategic.

Gold closed the year at $4,325 and Silver at $71.47. The significance of these annual closing values cannot be overstated — they are truly historic. And as we'll see in the following charts, the party has just begun!

With volatility no longer allowed to play its warning role, investors seek protection outside the system, independent of options and timing. Gold captures this long-term monetary mistrust, while silver, which is narrower and more sensitive to marginal flows, reacts more explosively.

The evolution of the gold price in 2026 remains conditioned by the prospect of lower key interest rates in the United States, changes in liquidity and demand for investment, jewelry, and central banks.

We are facing an extremely rare situation: the VIX is close to its lowest level in a year, around 14, while the price of gold is reaching historic highs. Under normal circumstances, this coexistence does not exist.

When gold enters a phase of rapid acceleration, silver – historically more volatile and reactive – will logically have to rise even faster. And if we use the Fibonacci sequence, employed by many technical analysts to identify major market levels, the following theoretical levels would be: $34,......