The Gold Update

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 837th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 29 November 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s New Short Trend Shoved Aside; Silver’s Rise to All-Time Highs“ Remember these two lines from last week? “…across the past two years, weekly parabolic Short trends for Gold have been great news!” “…across the past two years, the parabolic ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 836th & 16th Anniversary Edition — Monte-Carlo — 22 November 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s Key Weekly Trend Flips Short“ Welcome to the 16th Anniversary Edition of The Gold Update. What began 835 Saturdays ago on 21 November 2009 as a single paragraph and chart for one JGS has since ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 835th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 15 November 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Flies, Silver Highs … Both Into End-of-Week Demise“ Recall from last week’s piece our notion of the prices for both Gold and Silver “basing” rather then succumbing to indications of further downside? “Right, mmb, ’cause your ‘Baby Blues’ ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 834th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 08 November 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold (Yes Really) Records a Third Consecutive Down Week“ Four weeks ago for the first time ever, Gold settled above 4000, indeed at 4036 on Friday, 10 October.  A week hence, Gold bettered that level with a Friday settle ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 833rd Edition — Monte-Carlo — 01 November 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Furthers Fall as Called“ Through the 44 trading weeks thus far for 2025, Gold therein has recorded a net weekly gain 31 times (70%).  Further, for the year’s 13 net losing weeks, never have there been three in-a-row.  ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 832nd Edition — Monte-Carlo — 25 October 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Meme’d Gets Bean’d!“ Gold — in having the prior week been “meme’d” — this past week got “bean’d”.  And anticipatedly so, for as you by now well know, Gold had gotten — and indeed still is  — “ahead ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 831st Edition — Monte-Carlo — 18 October 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Goes Meme!“   This past Wednesday evening, Gold having surpassed the 4200 level, our doorbell rang.  ‘Twas unexpectedly a fine friend whose first four words excitedly were:  “I just bought Gold!!” Not wanting to spray a cold spritz ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 830th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 11 October 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Silver’s New-Found Sky; Gold’s Gut-Punch from High; S&P’s Goodbye“ Ya gotta love October.  Silver finds fresh sky above 50 even as Gold takes a gut-punch from its new 4081 high, and the S&P at long last says “Goodbye!”  Recall our closing ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 829th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 04 October 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Achieves Fair Value“ If for some inexcusably unconscionable reason you missed Tuesday’s Prescient Commentary and/or our entry on “X” (@deMeadvillePro), we herein repeat same for you stragglers:  “Gold at 00:05 GMT this morning reached its Dollar debasement value ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 828th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 27 September 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Furthers Record Ticks; Silver Snags 46!“ With so much to expend into month n’ quarter end, on to that we’ve prodigiously penned! And straight out of the chute we start with our year-to-date BEGOS Markets Standings, the sweetest ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 827th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 20 September 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold n’ S&P Highs for All to See!“ For a month which through the last dozen years hardly has been happy for Gold — and certainly century-to-date dreadful for the S&P 500 — let’s hear it here in this ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 826th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 13 September 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Gets the Cash (Ahead of S&P Crash?)“ Yes, Gold this past Tuesday by its “continuous contract” (for which the “front month” is December) touched 3700 — trading even further to a fresh All-Time High at 3715. No, Gold ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 825th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 06 September 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Is Gold (Again) Getting Ahead of Itself?“ Today is 06 September 2025.  Do you recall up to where Gold traded on this very date 14 years ago? “On this day in 2011 price reached an all-time high of 1923, ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 824th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 30 August 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Lookin’ Sporty; Silver Lovin’ Forty!“ Absolutely we must start with Sweet Sister Silver.  By her “continuous contract” (the front month for which is now December), she attained $40/oz. yesterday for the first time since (deep breath!) 21 September ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 823rd Edition — Monte-Carlo — 23 August 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Gains a Little; Dollar Drools Spittle; Powell Non-Committal“ With reference to the above title’s adjective “non-committal”, let’s open with another of our infamous pop quizzes!  Ready? In Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s address yesterday (Friday) from ever-stunningly magnificent Jackson Hole, ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 822nd Edition — Monte-Carlo — 16 August 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Sensing Seasonal Sluggishness“ When we blow it, we’re obliged to show it.  For after last week’s scintillating song and dance about a “Double Shot of that Golden Love”, Gold this past week succumbed as a fallen dove, now further ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 821st Edition — Monte-Carlo — 09 August 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Double Shot of that Golden Love“ Back in ’63, Dick Holler & the Holidays crooned a tune (penned by Don Smith and Cyril Vetter) entitled “Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love)”.  The catchy piece has since been covered ‘twould seem ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 820th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 02 August 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Turbulence in The Metals Triumvirate“ As you studied aficionados of deMeadville well know, we refer to those BEGOS Markets comprising Gold, Silver and Copper as “The Metals Triumvirate”.  And lately, turbulent indeed has been its components’ price paths: Gold from ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 819th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 26 July 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Ends Its Short Spell; But Then Falls Pell-Mell“ We open with both Good News and Bad News for Gold: The Good News is this past Wednesday at 00:21 GMT, Gold provisionally ended its 10-week parabolic Short spell upon ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 818th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 19 July 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Stuck in Its Shell; Here Comes the S&P’s Sell“ With Gold’s weekly parabolic trend still Short — uncannily so given there’s not been a wit of substantive price decline throughout — we open with British band Ace from ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 817th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 12 July 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold May Be Boring, but Silver is Soaring!“ “If I may open, mmb, Gold is now +27.7% this year:  no way that’s boring…” Admittedly, dear Squire, perhaps a bit exaggerated is our title’s “boring” description for Gold.  So far ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 816th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 05 July 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s ‘Weak’ Up Week … and What We Bespeak“ Through this year’s 27 trading weeks-to-date, the most recent one for Gold posted a unique set of parameters not yet recorded during 2025.  Ready? Gold’s high for the week (3377) ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 815th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 28 June 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold –> The (Short) Saga Continues…“ Amazing, eh?  ‘Twas but a week ago we cited Gold having come within just four li’l ol’ points of flipping its weekly parabolic Short trend back to Long had 3480 traded.  But it ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 814th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 21 June 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Economy Mis-Read by Fed, but Gold’s Rally Turning Red?“ Let’s celebrate today’s Summer Solstice (02:42 GMT) with the first sentence from The Federal Open Market Committee’s Policy Statement dated this past Wednesday, 18 June: “Although swings in net exports ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 813th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 14 June 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s Short Strut Has Been Anything But“ Gold’s (yes still) ongoing weekly parabolic Short trend was initially triggered on Monday, 12 May upon price trading down through 3243 (at 07:23 GMT).  ‘Twas confirmed by that week’s end, price opening ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 812th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 07 June 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Lies Low Whilst Silver Steals the Show“ We simply must start with the spotlight on Silver:  Sweet Sister Silver!  As if shot out of a cannon this past Monday, Silver swiftly soared, by Wednesday reaching 36.27 — a ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 811th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 31 May 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Doesn’t Fall So Much As Stall“ Is Gold in a weekly parabolic Short trend?  Yes.  Indeed, have four of the past six weeks been net down for Gold?  Yes.  Including this last one?  Yes.  Even with +27 points ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 810th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 24 May 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s Bull Snorts and Boffs the Shorts“ Assuming one is a Gold Bull, this past week was as good as it gets after having commenced a new parabolic Short trend:  instead of declining, Gold posted a weekly gain of ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 809th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 17 May 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “As Expected, Gold Rejected“ Per our post on ‘X’ (@deMeadvillePro) this past Monday, Gold’s weekly parabolic trend provisionally flipped from Long-to-Short, and was so confirmed by the week’s settle yesterday (Friday) at 3205, a full -305 points (-8.7%) below ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 808th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 10 May 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Regains Ground (albeit Stumbles Around…)“ Our missive’s title is ever so suitable for parsing… So let’s go! Part Un:  “Gold Regains Ground” for indeed it did in settling yesterday (Friday) at 3329 for a net weekly rise of +82 ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 807th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 03 May 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Is Gold’s Great Run Finally Done (for now…)?“ Apropos of this missive’s title — and with the year’s first quadrimester (plus two May trading days) already in the books — let’s start with another of our infamous Gold Quizzes.  Ready? In ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 806th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 26 April 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Morphs into a Meme Stock“ Remember this ol’ tagline from the ’70s?  “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen!” Fast-forward to today and ’tis “When Goldman talks, people pile on!”  For the Morgans et alia, too, the same holds ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 805th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 19 April 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “So if — as We’re Told — ‘Everybody’s’ Buying Gold…“  …does it not stand to reason that “Everybody’s” selling Gold?  After all, for every ounce bought, it must be sold to the buyer, non?  ‘Tis merely the agreed-upon hitting ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 804th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 12 April 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Taps Our Year’s Forecast High of 3262“ Yesterday (Friday) at 13:33 GMT, June Gold traded at 3262.  ‘Tis our forecast high for this year as selected at New Year, and completes the triad of our three Golden Goals ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 803rd Edition — Monte-Carlo — 05 April 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Comes Off; Stocks Finally Boffed“ Long-time readers of The Gold Update know our favourite final future headline is:  “World Ends, Dow +2”, (“The Dow” of course being that Index at which our parents used to look) … except ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 802nd Edition — Monte-Carlo — 29 March 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Aware, Stocks Beware“ Well!  Can we all say “Gold 3100!”  After all, why stop at 3000?  For this past Thursday as Gold’s contract volume rolled from April into that for June came +29 points of fresh price premium ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 801st Edition — Monte-Carlo — 22 March 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s Year of the Bid“ Thus far in 2025, ’tis been the year of the Gold bid.  Folks who are clueless on Gold are abashedly asking about it.  “How much is it?”  “How do I buy it?”  “How much is ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 800th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 15 March 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Beware the Ides of March — ‘Tis Gold Update No. 800!“ Long-time (really long-time) readers of The Gold Update know that our microphones are just about everywhere as was the case in Rome’s Curia Pompeia (a little Latin ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 799th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 08 March 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Goes Inside; Stocks Maintain Slide“ Whilst we’ve still our near-term negative bent for the price of Gold, nonetheless let’s reprise this from last week’s missive:  “…one thing to watch is a stirring of geo-political jitters which as ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 798th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 01 March 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Thank Goodness Gold Finally Falls“ Not that we’ve been rooting for Gold to fall, but it being one of the world’s most substantive liquid markets, it implicitly both rises and falls in its interactive role — that reflecting the ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 797th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 22 February 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Higher Every Week Year-to-Date“ Let’s commence with another infamous Gold Update quiz!  Ready? Since at least this very day a month ago (22 January), what technically until yesterday (21 February) have both Gold and the S&P 500 ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 796th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 15 February 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s Price Spike; Fed’s Next Hike““ “This is where it starts to get fun.” If said phrase ran across your mind during this past week, worry not: for it, too, ran through our mind.  And thus it having ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 795th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 08 February 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Teases 2900; to 3000 Unencumbered?“ The price of Gold just completed its sixth consecutive up week, within which the past three thus far comprise the newest weekly parabolic Long trend.  Indeed through this latest week, Gold continued to ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 794th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 01 February 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Achieves Golden Goal 1 of 3 – A Fresh All-Time High“ As anticipated would happen this past week per “Gold Goes Long with Three Golden Goals”, Goal One “the next All-Time High for Gold”, was achieved upon the February contract ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 793rd Edition — Monte-Carlo — 25 January 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Goes Long with Three Golden Goals“ Gold’s weekly parabolic trend finally (after a 10-week Short run) flipped to Long this past Tuesday at 15:19 GMT upon price eclipsing the 2759 level toward settling the week yesterday (Friday) at ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 792nd Edition — Monte-Carlo — 18 January 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Gets Close, but No Cigar“ “So near and yet so far.”  So says Nick-Nack to Francisco Scaramanga, –[“The Man with the Golden Gun”, Eon/UA, ’74].  So quintessentially perfect, too, does it describe Gold’s rally this past week ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 791st Edition — Monte-Carlo — 11 January 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s Short Trend Nearing Its End“ Whenever Gold is technically in a “Short trend” — yet price doesn’t substantively “go Down” — we say ’tis a “beautiful thAng”.  Indeed, Gold’s ongoing Short trend just recorded its ninth consecutive ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 790th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 04 January 2025 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Our Gold High for ’25“ A little cheer to start the new year:  “We’re Number One!”   Yes, across the 2024 BEGOS Markets’ spectrum, the year’s best performer was Gold’s +27.4% increase.  ‘Course, for the math-challenged FinMedia, all ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 789th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 28 December 2024 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold’s Weak Wend Toward Year-End“ Gold just recorded its seventh down week in the last nine, price settling yesterday (Friday) at 2637 … and yet that is higher than Gold’s settle six weeks ago at 2567 on 15 ... Read more

The Gold Update by Mark Mead Baillie — 788th Edition — Monte-Carlo — 21 December 2024 (published each Saturday) — www.deMeadville.com “Gold Seeks Charisma ‘Round Inflation’s Enigma“ Welcome to winter as we type literally through the soltice here at 10:21 CET.  And let’s start with a “Thumbs Up!” to one Elizabeth Morgan Hammack, graduate of THE Leland Stanford Junior ... Read more