{"id":64224,"date":"2026-04-23T10:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=64224"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:11:36","slug":"rising-crude-is-bearish-for-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/rising-crude-is-bearish-for-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Crude is Bearish for Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Key Points<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Brent crude futures (June&#8217;26) rose to $103.68 per barrel.<\/li>\n<li>The S&amp;P 500 reached a new high. However, the bull signal has not been confirmed by the Dow and the S&amp;P 1500 Transportation Index.<\/li>\n<li>The Fed has injected $170 billion of liquidity into financial markets since December 2025.<\/li>\n<li>10-year Treasury yields found support at 4.25%, while gold is headed for another test of support at $4,500 per ounce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Brent crude futures (June&#8217;26) broke resistance at $100 per barrel and are now testing $104.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2026\/2026-04-22-brent.png?resize=525%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Brent Crude Futures (ICE June'26)\" width=\"525\" height=\"306\" \/><br \/>\n<i>[Content protected for Premium, Australian Growth, International Growth, Market Analysis members only]<\/i><\/p>\n&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>To find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/subscribe\/\">click here<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Brent crude futures (June&#8217;26) rose to $103.68 per barrel. The S&amp;P 500 reached a new high. However, the bull signal has not been confirmed by the Dow and the S&amp;P 1500 Transportation Index. The Fed has injected $170 billion of liquidity into financial markets since December 2025. 10-year Treasury yields found support at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/rising-crude-is-bearish-for-gold\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rising Crude is Bearish for Gold&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,44,9,34,35],"tags":[69,7256,1073,1113,1355,7272,3010,3204],"class_list":["post-64224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-fed-banks-interest-rates","category-crude-oil-natural-gas","category-gold-precious-metals","category-us-canada-countries-regions","category-us-dollar-index","tag-10-year-treasury-yield","tag-brent-crude-futures-ice-june26","tag-dollar-index","tag-dow-jones-industrial-average","tag-fed-total-assets","tag-sp-1500-transportation-index","tag-sp-500","tag-spot-gold"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rising Crude is Bearish for Gold - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rising Crude is Bearish for Gold - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Key Points Brent crude futures (June&#8217;26) rose to $103.68 per barrel. 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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi confirmed that Iran will allow safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks. Brent crude futures (Jun'26) plunged to $93.86 per barrel. 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