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Summary: ⚈ Gold rose 28.65% in 2025, turning $1,000 into $1,286.50 ⚈ It outperformed stocks and crypto amid market-wide uncertainty and instability ⚈ Volatile price swings make gold resemble crypto in recent trading behavior Thanks to the commodity’s rise in 2025, there would have been few more lucrative trades than investing $1,000 in gold at the very start of the year. In just over four months, the precious metal has rallied 28.65% from the New Year price of $2,658 to its May 6 press time price of $3,376.  Gold YTD price chart. Source: TradingView Such a setup means that traders who elected to buy $1,000 worth of the yellow metal at the start of 2025 would have made $286.50 in profit, making their investment worth a total of $1,286.50. Though gold has been performing well for more than a year and is 46.69% in the green in the 12-month chart and 97.96% up in the five-year chart, this year is somewhat peculiar because it significantly outperformed mos...

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial markets, cryptocurrencies and tech stock s have emerged as formidable contenders for investors’ attention. As the dust settles on a tumultuous five-year period, a pressing question arises: Which performed better, crypto or stock s? CoinGecko published a study on July 1 examining how these finance titans performed against each other in the last five years. The rise of the Magnificent Seven The term “Magnificent Seven” was coined by Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett in April 2023 to describe seven dominant tech stocks. These stocks include Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). Together, they have come to represent a significant portion of the United States tech stock market. Picks for you ...

In March mining stocks increased at a slower pace compared to BTC, amid macroeconomic uncertainty and increasing competition among Bitcoin miners. Bitcoin mining stocks had a dull performance in March, with small moves here and there that followed BTC's price movement. While it is encouraging to see that most stocks held onto their impressive January gains, Bitcoin's price action will be crucial for the short-to-medium-term performance of these stocks. Additionally, the expansion of the public Bitcoin mining sector in the U.S. continues as American miners reported one of the biggest ASIC imports in January 2023. The delivery of new machines and an increase in the BTC price led to a surge in the network's hashrate to new all-time highs. Miners' incomes, however, are subdued by the rising network difficulty. Mining stocks are in wait-and-see mode Despite Bitcoin’s recent 18% rally, subdued performances of most mining stocks can be attributed to the uncertainty around the...

Bitcoin continues to trade near $28,000, signaling a strong demand from investors even as the legacy banking system struggles with unprecedented volatility. The takeover of the ailing Credit Suisse bank by UBS boosted European equity markets on March 20 but not everyone is happy with the deal. According to Swiss regulator FINMA, the value of additional tier one (AT1) bonds will be written to zero. This move will wipe out $17 billion worth of investments for AT1 bond investors. Among the turmoil in the global banking sector, Bitcoin (BTC) has shone brightly. That is because traders seem to have shifted their focus to the alternative available to the legacy banking system. Another thing working in favor of Bitcoin is that it has decoupled from the United States equities markets and is behaving as an uncorrelated asset class. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin’s solid rally in the past few days has boosted trader sentiment. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index h...