When Markets Go Quiet, The Next Move Can Change Everything

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In this interview with David Lin, I explain why today’s quiet, consolidating markets may be setting up for a much larger move across stocks, gold, Bitcoin, bonds, oil, and real estate. When markets become calm, many investors assume there is nothing important happening, but that is often when capital begins preparing for its next major rotation. Right now, we are watching key technical levels, shifting investor sentiment, and the way money may move between risk assets, precious metals, and defensive areas. The goal is not to predict every move in advance, but to recognize where strength is building, where resistance may matter, and where the next breakout could begin.

This is exactly why process matters more than opinion. Markets can look calm before they move violently, and investors who rely only on headlines, emotion, or old assumptions can be caught leaning the wrong way when conditions change. In this discussion, I walk through the charts and explain what I am watching in gold, silver, miners, stocks, Bitcoin, oil, bonds, and real estate, not as individual advice, but as a broader look at how capital rotates when markets shift. For investors nearing or living in retirement, the bigger lesson is simple: when markets prepare for a major move, capital needs a process that can adapt, protect, and participate when the evidence supports it.

Recorded August 31, 2026

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David and I discussed the following:

  • 0:00 – Intro.
  • 1:42 – “Calm Before the Storm” Market Setup
  • 4:30 – Will Money Rotate From Gold Into Stocks?
  • 6:44 – Bitcoin vs. Gold: Which Outperforms?
  • 9:50 – Gold Hits Major Resistance
  • 11:47 – S&P 500 and Nasdaq Upside Targets
  • 16:58 – How to Spot the Next Breakout
  • 19:10 – Gold Miners, Bitcoin and the Biggest Market Surprise
  • 21:22 – Oil to $100, Inflation and Canadian Real Estate

Chris Vermeulen
Chief Investment Officer
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