The gold-platinum relationship was once a reliable stock-market signal. The article asks whether artificial-intelligence spending has caused that link to short-circuit, while the Fed also faces a major question today.
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| Close on 10/27/2026 | 769.66 |
| Change that session | +0.56% |
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