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Bar chart comparing Barrick Mining's 6.45 percent share price drop against its stronger operating and financial results for the quarter.

Barrick Mining shares fell 6.45 percent on Monday even though second quarter results beat guidance on almost every measure, including a 50 percent jump in net earnings and record gold production. The stock's only miss was adjusted earnings per share, which landed two cents below consensus. The drop followed a roughly 30 percent rally in the weeks before results, the kind of run that research on investor overreaction suggests leaves a stock more exposed to a single disappointing number, not less.

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Line chart showing gold's daily closing price holding nearly flat from June 22 to July 20, 2026 despite an intensifying Iran conflict.

Gold has moved just 1.1% over the past month even as the United States carried out its tenth consecutive night of strikes on Iran.

Gold Has Not Moved in a Month, Even as the Iran War Intensifies

July 21, 2026

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Bar chart showing gold miners rising and Canadian bank shares falling on the TSX, led by a 2.8 percent gain for Franco-Nevada.

Canadian bank shares and gold-linked miners moved in opposite directions this week, with Franco-Nevada leading gainers at 2.8 percent as…

Gold Miners and Bank Shares Split as Availability Heuristic Takes Hold

August 21, 2026

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Bar chart showing Franco-Nevada's quarterly earnings surprise turning negative 7.7 percent in the second quarter of 2026.

Franco-Nevada's second-quarter earnings landed 7.7% below the consensus estimate analysts had published in advance, even though the company…

Franco-Nevada Beat on Almost Everything. The Market Will Only Remember One Number.

August 12, 2026

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Bar chart of individual TSX stocks showing gold miners and bank shares leading a Thursday rebound.

The TSX Composite gained 172.06 points Thursday, recovering less than half of Wednesday's 415.92 point drop tied to the Fed's decision and renewed Iran strikes.

The TSX Gained 172 Points Thursday. Gold Miners and Bank Earnings Did the Work, Not a Broad Rally.

July 31, 2026

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Bar chart showing gold miners driving TSX gains while auto parts stocks led decliners on August 24, 2026.

The S&P/TSX Composite added 0.26% Monday even though decliners outnumbered advancers, a gap covered almost entirely by three gold miners.

Gold Miners Covered for a Negative TSX Session

August 25, 2026

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Line chart showing WTI crude closing steady at $85.46 after China lost its Iran sanctions exemption in August 2026.

WTI crude closed at $85.46 Tuesday, up just 27 cents, after the US Treasury confirmed China would not be exempt from the Iran sanctions campaign unveiled a day earlier.

WTI Barely Moves After China Loses Its Iran Sanctions Exemption

August 25, 2026

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