parabolic
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“We’ve seen parabolic moves in gold and silver,” said Ron Albahary, chief investment officer at Laird Norton Wetherby.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 1, 2026
Though lower interest rates ought to provide a fillip for gold and silver, it seems investors are looking for scraps of news to unwind their recent parabolic rallies.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
Front-month gold futures continued their parabolic move toward $5,000 a troy ounce, closing Friday at $4,976.20.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
The stock market was relatively calm in the weeks leading up to its late-October high, in contrast to the parabolic increase that you’d expect if tops were the opposite of bottoms.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
I wasn’t sure where we’d gone since the lessons in parabolic ratios the week before.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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