Wall Street indexes fall on worries about Middle East war, interest rates - Reuters

Markets hate uncertainty, but stackers love it. Every time equities get nervous about geopolitical tensions or rate concerns, physical metals catch a bid. We're seeing this playbook again - stocks down, safe havens up. The Middle East situation adds another layer of supply chain risk that paper assets can't hedge against. Gold at these levels isn't a bubble, it's recognition that fiat currencies and financial markets carry counterparty risk that bars in your safe don't. Silver's riding gold's coattails at $73, but the real story is institutional money finally accepting what stackers knew in 2008 - when everything else fails, metals endure.