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Gold isn’t your safe haven in this war: It just logged its biggest weekly drop in over 14 years
Gold prices posted their largest weekly percentage drop in more than 14 years Friday, bucking the metal’s usual safe-haven appeal even as the conflict in Iran continues to escalate.
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Sentiment score: -45/100
Low impact
Short-term (days)
WHAT THIS MEANS
Rule-based L2: BEARISH signal from MarketWatch
AI CONFIDENCE
60% High
SENTIMENT GAUGE
NEWS POWER SCORE
AFFECTED ASSETS
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Meta (Facebook)
METAStock
Expected to decline
Gold isn’t your safe haven in this war: It just logged its biggest weekly drop in over 14 years
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Gold Futures
GC=FCommodity
Expected to decline
Gold isn’t your safe haven in this war: It just logged its biggest weekly drop in over 14 years
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Automated signal: BEARISH on primary asset
Analysis generated on Mar 21, 2026 at 15:37 UTC
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