{"id":64300,"date":"2026-04-08T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64300"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:25:12","slug":"turkey-just-dumped-8-billion-in-gold-heres-what-that-means-for-your-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64300","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Just Dumped $8 Billion in Gold \u2014 Here&#8217;s What That Means for Your Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Current_Gold_Price_Range.jpg\" alt=\"Current Gold Price Range\" width=\"1449\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Current_Gold_Price_Range.jpg 1449w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Current_Gold_Price_Range-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Current_Gold_Price_Range-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Current_Gold_Price_Range-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Why_Gold_Gets_Sold_When_SHTF.jpg\" alt=\"Why Gold Gets Sold When SHTF\" width=\"1379\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Why_Gold_Gets_Sold_When_SHTF.jpg 1379w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Why_Gold_Gets_Sold_When_SHTF-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Why_Gold_Gets_Sold_When_SHTF-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Why_Gold_Gets_Sold_When_SHTF-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why? They needed the cash to prop up the currency. &#8220;The structural bull case for gold has not disappeared, it has simply been interrupted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click to view the video:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OVPtbSU6Zvc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OVPtbSU6Zvc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Why? They needed the cash to prop up the currency. &#8220;The structural bull case for gold has not disappeared, it has simply been interrupted.&#8221; Click to view the video:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OVPtbSU6Zvc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-wealth-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64303,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64300\/revisions\/64303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}