While gold was taking a hit on Tuesday, the metals trade has outshined artificial intelligence on Wall Street this year, even the latter has propelled the broader stock market to record levels. Gold crossed the $4,000-per-ounce threshold earlier in October, and just this week, it hit a record above $4,300 . It's currently up more than 50% this year. Not only that, silver is trading near record levels and has soared more than 60%. That's despite easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China leading to a slight pullback in both metals – President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to reach a "really fair and really great" deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea later this month. Precious metals have gained in 2025 thanks to concerns around global trade, expectations of Fede

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