If you woke up Friday morning long precious metals, you experienced something that will stay with you for the rest of your trading career. Gold and silver suffered the biggest sell-off in years, in a whipsawing reversal of a scorching rally that’s lifted prices to all-time highs. Gold dropped as much as 10% to crash […]
Category: Gold/Bitcoin
09
Jan
2026
Gold’s Been on a Tear. If You’re Going to Play in This Sandbox, Here’s What You Need to Know.
Gold has had a remarkable run in 2025, and that performance has spawned a fresh wave of articles proclaiming that gold has outperformed stocks over 20- and 30-year periods. The headlines are eye-catching, and the underlying data isn’t fabricated. But here’s the nuance that often gets buried: most of that outperformance is price-based. On a […]
28
May
2025
Gold as a Bitcoin Hedge? Bitcoin as a Gold Hedge?
With Bitcoin back to all time highs this week, we can all revisit our FOMO and/or regrets for not buying more, or buying earlier. The thing that holds most people back is the volatility. Bitcoin’s averaged about a 50vol over the past year, which is nearly 8 times as much as bonds and 3x […]
08
May
2025
Stacking Assets: Bitcoin, Gold, and the Future of Portfolio Diversification with David Dziekanski of Quantify Funds
This week on The Derivative: In this compelling episode, @David Dziekanski, founder of Quantify Funds, joins host Jeff Malec to unpack the fascinating world of Bitcoin and gold. Dive deep into the innovative BTGD ETF, which stacks 100% Bitcoin and 100% gold, and explore the cutting-edge concept of portable alpha. Dziekanski shares insights on why […]
