1. Au currently closed at $4969-up 3.98%. Ag closed $77.98, up 10.28%.I expect, in the short term (over the next 1- 4 weeks), both Au & Ag will slowly rise, due to positive sentiment seemingly returning to stock markets (over multiple investment classes) world-wide ie the panic selling of the last week is seemingly over."Buy The Dip" is back- it's worked for the last 18 months! The ASX, & world stock markets, are likely to have significant rises next week.Business,insider,com J, Sor 7.2.26 said- "US stocks soared on Friday, pushing the Dow to 50,000 for the first time ever.
- After days of selling, software stocks rose nearly 3% and the broader Nasdaq rose 2%.
- Bitcoin also climbed 12% after its brutal decline to near $60,000 on Thursday.
Stocks notched a milestone after days of heavy selling hammered".
2. The Street.com M. Farooque 7.2.26 said
Speaking at theWorld Governments Summit in Dubai, billionaire Ray Dalio kept it simple.
Despite the negative chatter after gold’s recentpullback, Dalio feels that the shiny yellow metalgold is still “the safest money.”
He followed up by saying that the global system is effectively edging closer to a “capital war,” in which money itself becomes a source of conflict...
Wall Street’s latest gold price targets
Usingspot gold about $4,931/oz (Feb. 5, 2026)as the baseline:
- J.P. Morgan: $6,300/oz (end-2026), about27.8% upside.
- Wells Fargo Investment Institute: $6,100 to $6,300/oz (end-2026), about23.7% to 27.8% upside.
- UBS: $6,200/oz, about25.7% upside(also$5,900/oz (end-2026), about19.6% upside).
- Bank of America: $6,000/oz (by spring 2026), about21.7% upside.
- Goldman Sachs: $5,400/oz (end-2026), about9.5% upside.
Dalio’s gold take hits differently
Dalio’s sharp take on gold and markets resonates because he isn’t just a TV pundit filling airtime.
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The legendary fund manager foundedBridgewater Associates in 1975, turning it into a macro machine that. At its peak, it became the most valuablehedge fundglobally, managing roughly$154 billion in assetsas ofDecember 2020.".
Billionaire Ray Dalio drops blunt message on gold
