¡El oro rompe récord histórico superando los $4,300 la onza y alcanza por primera vez una capitalización de mercado de $30 billones!
El metal precioso tradicional marca un hito sin precedentes en los mercados financieros globales.
Nuevos niveles estratosféricos
El oro supera la barrera psicológica de $4,300 por onza, estableciendo un nuevo máximo histórico que deja atrás todas las previsiones conservadoras de los analistas tradicionales.
Capitalización monumental
Con una valoración de mercado que alcanza los $30 billones, el activo refugio por excelencia demuestra su vigencia en la era digital - aunque uno se pregunta cuánto de ese valor representa realmente la especulación de los fondos de inversión.
Los mercados reaccionan mientras los inversores buscan alternativas ante la volatilidad global, confirmando que incluso en la era de las criptomonedas, el brillo del oro sigue cautivando a los grandes capitales.
Stocks drop as regional banks collapse under loan stress
While gold was ripping, equities were bleeding. The Dow Jones dropped 301.07 points, or 0.7%, to close at 45,952.24, erasing a 170-point gain earlier in the day. The S&P 500 lost 0.6%, landing at 6,629.07, and the Nasdaq slid 0.5% to 22,562.54. Red dominated the screens, especially in the banking sector.
Zions Bank took a brutal 13% hit after disclosing loan losses tied to two failed borrowers. Western Alliance sank 11% after accusing a borrower of fraud. The losses triggered a domino effect across small-cap banks. “The market is just really skittish about credit-related losses,” said Jed Ellerbroek, portfolio manager at Argent Capital Management. “The market is not very happy about [the regional banks’ comments], so most small-cap financials, banks are down today.”
Things got uglier after two auto-linked companies, First Brands and Tricolor Holdings, filed for bankruptcy this week. Their collapse pushed fresh fear into the banking space. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, said on the bank’s earnings call earlier this week. “When you see one cockroach, there are probably more.”
Meanwhile, Jefferies, which has exposure to First Brands, lost 10% Thursday, making its monthly drop 25%. Bankers and analysts alike are now staring hard at the private credit market, especially where transparency is lacking.
Trump’s tariff threats and rare earth tensions spook investors
Trade chaos helped add gasoline to the gold rally. President Donald Trump, back in the White House, made it clear last week that he wants a 100% tariff slapped on all Chinese imports. This was in response to China’s new export controls on rare earth minerals, a critical group of materials needed for everything from smartphones to fighter jets.
There was some hope earlier in the week that the situation might de-escalate, but that didn’t last long. On Tuesday, Trump took it further, threatening to ban cooking oil imports from China. That headline alone hit Wall Street hard, with traders dumping risk assets again and retreating to safe plays like gold.
The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) spiked to its highest since May, signaling how edgy markets have become. Meanwhile, bond yields slumped, with the 10-year Treasury yield dropping below 4%, and the U.S. dollar index slid nearly 0.5%.
“The Trump administration desires to influence and control a lot more things than past administrations have … so they’re constantly jolting the market in unexpected ways,” Jed Ellerbroek, portfolio manager at Argent Capital Management, said. “That’s going to continue, and investors just have to kind of accept that as a new fact of life and be on their toes.”
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