Folks, you probably don't need me to tell you that gold is the ultimate "safe haven" asset... It's a terrific store of value. That allows the metal to preserve its purchasing power over long periods.

This Favored Investment Is Poised to Keep Growing in 2026 By Marc Chaikin, founder, Chaikin Analytics Folks, you probably don't need me to tell you that gold is the ultimate "safe haven" asset... It's a terrific store of value. That allows the metal to preserve its purchasing power over long periods. Gold also can't be copied or replicated. There's only a finite amount of it on Earth. So that gives it a natural scarcity. In early 2025, the World Gold Council estimated that all the gold ever mined in history amounts to just around 216,000 tonnes. For some perspective, that would fit a cube measuring about 73 feet on each side. That scarcity means gold can't be printed like paper currency. To increase the supply, it needs to be mined from deposits. And those take years to develop. Plus, gold has no "counterparty risk." In other words, it's a tangible asset that is no one's liability. The metal doesn't depend on another party's promise of payment – like in the case of government-issued currency. If your bank has a run tomorrow and shuts its doors, the gold you have in your hand will still be gold. In other words, while paper money is whatever the issuing government wants it to be... gold is gold. Today, we're witnessing the systematic destruction of paper money in favor of gold. Of course, that's great news for investors holding this metal... Recommended Links: Here's What You Missed Yesterday It's a new way to potentially double your portfolio in 2026 by predicting the biggest jumps on 5,000 stocks, BEFORE they occur. It shows how a colossal "divide" coming to U.S. stocks this year has opened the best opportunity in 21 years to apply this breakthrough new strategy today – including two free recommendations in a historic event backed by five Wall Street legends. Watch now, before it goes offline. Do You Own the Worst Stock of 2026? (Name and Ticker) He issued warnings for RNG before it crashed 89%, BYND before it crashed 90%, TDOC before it crashed 84%, and FVRR before it crashed 86%. Now, he's stepping forward to name the popular stock that could go down as the most dangerous ticker of 2026. Click here for its name and ticker, 100% free. Surging Demand for Gold Sends Its Price Sky-High We can see the relentless printing of paper money by the Federal Reserve in the chart below... The money supply ("M2") is the total amount of money available in an economy. This includes all forms of cash on hand and monies deposited into checking accounts, savings accounts, money-market funds, and certificates of deposit. Take a look at the surge over the decades... America's M2 has exploded from about $287 billion in 1959 to more than $22.3 trillion as of this past November. That's a compound annual growth rate of nearly 7% in the amount of money America has so far printed. And it won't end there. The federal government is already piling up new debt upon old debt at a staggering rate. In just 2025 alone, the government added more than $2.2 trillion to its debt. By comparison, it took until the early 1980s for the federal debt to first cross the $1 trillion mark. With the debt so large, the government is now paying more than $1 trillion a year just to service the interest on its debt. That's unsustainable. In 2025, the federal deficit (the difference between tax collections and spending) came in at about $1.7 trillion. Meanwhile, the government keeps spending. Heck, just earlier this month, President Donald Trump called for adding another $500 billion to the national defense budget. With spending nearly $2 trillion higher than tax collections, the only way to pay for the excess is to borrow and print more money... as the federal government has done before. This is a big reason why gold prices just reached a new all-time high of more than $4,800 per ounce. And as you likely know, that comes after an incredible year for the metal... Gold prices surged by roughly 65% last year. That crushes the S&P 500 Index's roughly 16% gain in 2025. Put simply, demand for gold is soaring. For example, investment demand for gold totaled about 1,566 tonnes during the first nine months of 2025. That compares with roughly 837 tonnes for the same period the previous year. For full-year 2025, investment demand for gold is expected to cross 2,000 tonnes. Then there's surging demand from central banks... Traditionally, they have quietly added about 500 tonnes of gold to their reserves each year. But from 2022 to 2024, they doubled their annual purchases. Last year, central-bank demand was still strong. It's estimated to reach as much as 900 tonnes for the full year. And the outlook for 2026 is more significant buying. In short, it's a bull market for gold. And looking ahead, gold could reach $5,000 an ounce before the year is over. Inflation remains sticky... Demand for the metal is surging... And geopolitical tensions are high. Put simply, gold has room to keep running higher in 2026. Good investing, Marc Chaikin Market View Major Indexes and Notable Sectors     # Hld:     Bullish     Neutral     Bearish Dow 30 -1.73% 5 19 6 S&P 500 -2.04% 102 270 128 Nasdaq -2.12% 22 54 30 Small Caps -1.2% 625 985 282 Bonds -1.31% — According to the Chaikin Power Bar, Small Cap stocks are more Bullish than Large Cap stocks. Major indexes are all bearish. *  *  *  * Sector Tracker Sector movement over the last 5 days Consumer Staples +1.54% Energy +1.28% Real Estate +1.15% Utilities +0.26% Industrials -0.29% Health Care -0.85% Materials -1.11% Financial -1.9% Communication -2.93% Information Technology -3.17% Consumer Discretionary -4.1% *  *  *  * Industry Focus Semiconductor Services 16 27 0 Over the past 6 months, the Semiconductor subsector (XSD) has outperformed the S&P 500 by +21.41%. Its Power Bar ratio, which measures future potential, is Very Strong, with more Bullish than Bearish stocks. It is currently ranked #4 of 21 subsectors and has moved down 1 slot over the past week. Top Stocks MPWR Monolithic Power Sys CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. MU Micron Technology, I *  *  *  * Top Movers Gainers SNDK +9.55% ALB +5.83% EXE +4.88% STZ +4.47% NEM +4.22% Losers NTAP -9.37% DELL -7.85% NCLH -7.45% MMM -6.96% LULU -6.49% *  *  *  * Earnings Report Earnings Surprises IBKR Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Q4 $0.65 Beat by $0.06 FITB Fifth Third Bancorp Q4 $1.08 Beat by $0.07 USB U.S. Bancorp Q4 $1.26 Beat by $0.07 DHI D.R. Horton, Inc. Q1 $2.03 Beat by $0.11 UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Q4 $3.10 Beat by $0.16 *  *  *  * You have received this e-mail as part of your subscription to PowerFeed. If you no longer want to receive e-mails from PowerFeed, click here. You're receiving this e-mail at ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. 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