Picture this: rewind twelve months, and someone drops this bomb on you—gold's about to surge 60%, silver's gonna rocket 90%. What's your first guess?

Maybe inflation's exploding past 5%? Bitcoin hitting $500k? Some geopolitical nightmare unfolding? Perhaps extraterrestrials finally making contact? Stock market cratering 30%?

Here's the kicker though. Bet nobody would've predicted this combo: inflation staying pretty chill, equities climbing a solid 17%, and two major...

The disconnect between what we'd expect and what actually happened is wild. Traditional safe havens pumping hard while risk assets simultaneously thrive? That's not supposed to be the playbook. Makes you wonder what's really driving these moves behind the curtain. Sometimes markets just refuse to follow the script we write for them.