old did not have a great week. The metal dipped roughly 5% and now trades near $4,300 per ounce. The tourists left. The momentum crowd rotated into AI stocks. Even some long‑time gold bugs started dumping their insurance at the bottom. A few months ago, gold was the market’s favorite trade. Today it feels almost completely abandoned. It did something worse than a crash for a thesis but better for an entry. It got boring.