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Will massive US strike on Iran move metals?

carew4mecarew4me Posts: 3,639 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 9, 2026 2:44PM in Precious Metals

looks like a major offensive action is taking shape. Iran strike would def impact Oil.
Sometimes commodities in general get impacted. The problem is sometimes bullish (Venezuela) and most the time bearish (war panic)


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  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,467 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Things that have a chance to destabilize the economy usually trigger a rise in the metals. It will depend on the size of the attack and who else might get involved.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 38,471 ✭✭✭✭✭

    depends on the PM supply and demand currently coming out of Iran. Google is your friend.

    When gold and silver move together, it signals the coming end of fiat money.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,899 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah. Armament is metal.

  • rte592rte592 Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe the price of scrap steel would bring more than $0.02 a pound.

  • carew4mecarew4me Posts: 3,639 ✭✭✭✭

    🤔


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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,109 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, this was baked in already, unless something goes awry

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  • I guess we'll find out Monday when the markets open.

  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is possible that the US, Israeli actions will be stabilizing rather than destabilizing, at least in the mid to longer term.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 38,471 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 28, 2026 6:45PM

    depends on how many siver containing weapons were blown to oblivion

    When gold and silver move together, it signals the coming end of fiat money.

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 7,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    depends on how many siver containg weapons were blown to oblivion

    I'm sure they are all out rolling around in the sand as we speak trying to recover the precious little bits of gutter metal that we just blew to oblivion. On second thoughts, probably not. THKS!

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JJM said:
    No, this was baked in already, unless something goes awry

    Are you implying that the "ins"/
    controllers of the market knew in advance of this action?

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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,369 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2026 12:25AM

    Yes......gap ups when trading opens up Sunday night overseas. Same thing when NY opens Monday morning.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 38,471 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AGQ B)

    When gold and silver move together, it signals the coming end of fiat money.

  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 9,906 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If things go reasonably well for the enemies of Iran's current regime, that might result in a stronger dollar (and thus, lower metals prices). But that will take a while to play out.

    The obvious path for gold would be to go up on Monday. But if I were to place a bet (which I am not), I would wager that gold spikes up a little at first, but then drops lower later in the day on Monday.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 39,559 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2026 5:46AM

    Any short term panic move would be purely psychological. This is not a war. Iran has no real ability to defend itself. It won't last long.

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  • fathomfathom Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Any short term panic move would be purely psychological. This is not a war. Iran has no real ability to defend itself. It won't last long.

    Agree there is no real direct war. However Iranian weapons can create havoc in the region.

    Overall, in regard to moving precious metals, the focus should continue to be on broader geopolitical instability, fiat currency printing and debt issues.

  • derrybderryb Posts: 38,471 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Any short term panic move would be purely psychological. This is not a war. Iran has no real ability to defend itself. It won't last long.

    it's an air war

    When gold and silver move together, it signals the coming end of fiat money.

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 7,479 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2026 7:35AM

    @derryb said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Any short term panic move would be purely psychological. This is not a war. Iran has no real ability to defend itself. It won't last long.

    it's an air war

    Hostile attempted regime change. THKS!

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 38,471 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @blitzdude said:

    @derryb said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Any short term panic move would be purely psychological. This is not a war. Iran has no real ability to defend itself. It won't last long.

    it's an air war

    Hostile attempted regime change. THKS!

    that too

    When gold and silver move together, it signals the coming end of fiat money.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And no one knows what a new regime will look like. Better or worse.

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  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,462 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gold pricing often follows oil up. I'd keep reading the Kitco and zero hedge commentaries as well as the comments.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    kitco and zerohedge? omg lol

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  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 7,479 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 1, 2026 6:30PM

    @MsMorrisine said:
    kitco and zerohedge? omg lol

    The number 1 and number 2 gutter pumpers (er manipulators?) by far. RGDS!

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    kitco and zerohedge? omg lol

    Sour grapes won't make silver go to $40. Get over it.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    kito and zerohedge are permabulls

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 38,471 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MsMorrisine said:
    kito and zerohedge are permabulls

    that's because their analysis uses fundamentals

    When gold and silver move together, it signals the coming end of fiat money.

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the fundamentals of china and india demand has it down tonight

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  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 9,906 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MsMorrisine said:
    the fundamentals of china and india demand has it down tonight

    That was so 90 minutes ago.
    Current spot is showing $95+ .

  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 9,906 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @blitzdude said:

    @MsMorrisine said:
    kitco and zerohedge? omg lol

    The number 1 and number 2 gutter pumpers (er manipulators?) by far. RGDS!

    .

    You try really hard, but you rank 3,788,755th on the list of most influential silver influencers. ;)

    .

  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,863 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dcarr said

    .

    You try really hard, but you rank 3,788,755th on the list of most influential silver influencers. ;)

    .

    Too high.

    COPPER is gutter !

  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the fundamentals of china and india demand has it down tonight

    I note that no fundamentals were cited or even referred to in this dumb remark.

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  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 7,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like it was just another nothingburger™. You would have been better off buying Oil and LNG. :sunglasses: RGDS!

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    BOOMIN!™
    Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wasn't it just 1 week ago when I was told here on this forum that the Straits of Hormuz wouldn't be closed?

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  • RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 20,092 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmski52 said:
    Wasn't it just 1 week ago when I was told here on this forum that the Straits of Hormuz wouldn't be closed?

    Please let us know when it is.

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Please let us know when it is.

    https://theconversation.com/us

    Vessel tracking already shows reduced movements in the strait of Hormuz. Ships are waiting to enter or exit the Persian Gulf or diverting away from the region. An advisory from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre has warned of the “increased risk of miscalculation or misidentification, particularly in proximity to military units”.

    Several ports have suspended operations after debris from an intercepted missile sparked a fire at Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port. While other ports continue to operate, the risk and uncertainty are disrupting shipping in the region.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dcarr said:
    That was so 90 minutes ago.
    Current spot is showing $95+ .

    what's it at now?

    where's the hoarding? it's not there

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,863 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MsMorrisine said:

    @dcarr said:
    That was so 90 minutes ago.
    Current spot is showing $95+ .

    what's it at now?

    where's the hoarding? it's not there

    The market is currently in a regime of volatility. yawnski

    COPPER is gutter !

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    but fundamentals?

    hoarding?
    industrial use?

    seems like time to buy... ships in the straight of hormuz is now being attacked. world disorder?

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  • RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 20,092 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2026 5:39PM

    Another $500 billion in debt.

    Thats enough to build 1,250,000 new single family homes (at $400k each) and create over 1 million new (skilled) jobs.

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • scotty1419scotty1419 Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭

    @RedneckHB said:
    Another $500 billion in debt.

    Thats enough to build 1,250,000 new single family homes (at $400k each) and create over 1 million new (skilled) jobs.

    That's 2.5x DOGE implementations!

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like today the "strike" moved metals the wrong way.

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,863 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 3, 2026 12:03PM

    Look at the 1 month chart and silver right now is where it was one month ago. In between?

    WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

    COPPER is gutter !

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no big move! still!

    invest in oil

    there are fundamentals behind it

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    oil has solid fundies here! now at $115.91 after hitting 119.48

    silver is down 1.90% in the face of ongoing police actions

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