Big Picture · Week of 17 August 2026

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GLD

Gold is positioned for appreciation as a long-standing hard-asset preference rather than a fresh tactical call amid broader monetary uncertainty.

Steve Hanke BULLISH

Johns Hopkins. Money supply, currency regimes and inflation forecasting from monetary aggregates.

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Bullish

Editorial Representation of Steve Hanke

Gold is positioned for appreciation as a long-standing hard-asset preference rather than a fresh tactical call amid broader monetary uncertainty.

Editorial Representation of Cem Karsan

Inflationary pressures are being deliberately reinforced through artificially low yields, creating a self-perpetuating inflationary loop rather than a temporary disinflationary outcome.

Editorial Representation of Charlie Bilello

US inflation has accumulated nearly 40% over a decade as fiscal and monetary discipline disappeared, leaving Americans to bear persistently higher costs.

Editorial Representation of Darius Dale

Persistent and aggressive debasement is increasingly shaping the current regime, alongside policy choices designed to run the economy hot and sustain nominal pressures.

Editorial Representation of David Keller

$PLTR has remained in an accumulation phase while holding above its 200-day moving average, with pullbacks preserving a broader uptrend.

Bearish

Editorial Representation of Jeffrey Snider

AI buildout is pulling capital into chips and power while hollowing out underlying economic activity, creating bubble-like damage without requiring a collapse.

Editorial Representation of Peter Schiff

The U.S. dollar’s further weaponization over Iran policy will accelerate global de-dollarization, worsening the need to buy back or monetize Treasuries.

Editorial Representation of Brian Shannon

Bitcoin could see deeper profit-taking toward the year-to-date VWAP and the VWAP from the latest thrust if its hourly break above last week’s high fails.

Editorial Representation of Bob Elliott

Dollar positioning among macro managers has turned bearish in response to the most recent Fed and Treasury policy efforts.

Editorial Representation of Luke Gromen

Iranian secondary sanctions targeting China will raise international questions about the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency, pressuring the USD structurally.

1 Week Horizon

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1 Month Horizon

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1 Year Horizon

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Moved Since Yesterday

Editorial Representation of Adam Mancini Mancini · SPY
Adam Mancini
BULLISH BEARISH Week

The S&P futures setup is very weak and used up after another 7680 trap, with 7645–50 below as the near-term downside level.

Editorial Representation of Tom Lee Lee · BTC
Tom Lee
BULLISH BEARISH Year

Ethereum’s breakout in the ETH/$BTC ratio after nine years signals a sustained period of Ether outperformance relative to Bitcoin.

Editorial Representation of David Woo Woo · TLT
David Woo
BEARISH BULLISH Year

Long-duration Treasury prices should stop falling as financial repression protects the AI capital-expenditure boom from rising yields that could otherwise choke it off.

Editorial Representation of Lance Roberts Roberts · TLT
Lance Roberts
BULLISH BEARISH Month

Long Treasury yields are rising as markets adjust to stronger economic growth reflected in corporate earnings, while inflation expectations remain flat.

Editorial Representation of Steve Hanke Hanke · Fiscal & Treasury
Steve Hanke
BULLISH BEARISH Month

US tariff revenues turned negative in June and July as refunds exceeded collections, making Trump’s tariffs a fiscal catastrophe.

Where They Diverge

TLT
Inflation
Fed Policy
Fiscal & Treasury
AI
DXY

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