The first medals of the 2026 Winter Olympics were awarded Saturday in men's downhill skiing and women's cross-country Skiathlon.

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Several factors are weighing on the value of gold and silver after the precious metals ascended to record highs last week.

Americans who top the podium at the Milan Cortina Games will be in line for a $37,500 bonus. Their competitors could collect as much as $800,000.

Gold and silver rose on Friday, after a global tech stock rout and a stronger U.S. dollar wiped out gains made during a brief rebound earlier this week.

Gold investors are still too bullish.

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Precious metals prices have rebounded strongly after a fall of nearly 10% for gold on Friday, and a 30% collapse in silver prices that marked the metal's worst one-day performance since 1980.

Buffett quickly revealed the answer. An initial investment of $10,000 in the S&P 500 in March 1942 would have grown to $51 million by the time of Berkshire's 2018 shareholder meeting. Meanwhile, the same amount invested in gold would have increased in value to around $400,000.

Trump’s on-off use of tariffs as a means of political negotiation (this time regarding Greenland) also contributed to a rise and fall in the gold price. And the nomination of Kevin Warsh as the new governor of the US Federal Reserve is expected to lessen economic risk.

Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's central bank extended its gold buying spree for a 15th month in January, data from the People's Bank of China (PBOC) showed on Saturday. The country's gold holdings rose to 74.

A rough week that battered stocks and crypto also clarified gold's standing, not as a safe-haven asset, but as another investment with volatile, stock-like elements.