Gold Dropped… When It Was Supposed to Rise Let me start with what’s bothering a lot of folks right now. We’ve got war tensions, rising inflation concerns, global uncertainty—and gold drops? That doesn’t sit right with people. Because traditionally, gold is supposed to be the thing that goes up when everything else gets shaky. Instead, we saw it fall about 16% during the recent conflict. Now Wall Street types are calling this “counterintuitive.” I call it something else: Short-term noise masking a long-term signal. What Actually Caused the Drop This wasn’t about gold suddenly becoming less important. It came down to a few temporary forces: Investors taking profits after a massive run Rising interest rates making yield-paying assets look more…
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