Global markets are kicking off the week in full-blown chaos as a perfect storm of geopolitics + institutional shockignites the largest flight to safety seen in months.
🟨 Gold ($XAU ) goes vertical, smashing through $4,600 ATH
⚪ Silver ($XAG ) rockets above $84
📉 US equity futures sink as risk assets get dumped
🔥 The Triggers Behind the Shock
🔹 Trump turns up the heat
Iran faces “very difficult choices,” with a high-level briefing imminent
A final oil warning is issued to Cuba
The US quietly advances a $2B deal for 50M barrels of Venezuelan oil, tightly controlled by the Treasury
🔹 The Fed under fire
The US DOJ launches a criminal probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell over headquarters renovations.
Powell calls it political pressure to force rate cuts but markets are now questioning the credibility and independence of the Federal Reserve itself.
🧨 Why This Matters
When geopolitics fractures and monetary authority comes into doubt, capital doesn’t wait it runs for safety.
And right now, the message is clear:
Hard assets are being repriced. Fast.
