Gold Hits Historic $4,625 Record Amid Global Instability; Analysts Eye $5,000 Milestone
By Penny Laneford | January 15, 2026 Gold just punched through another ceiling. The yellow metal settled at $4,626.30 per ounce on January 14, 2026: a near-record high that has Wall Street analysts scrambling to revise their year-end targets and safe-haven …