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Trump Wants to Set Up a Sovereign Wealth Fund. What is It?

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump's plan to create a sovereign wealth fund that's the world's envy remains undefined. In the meantime, Norway's Government Pension Fund Global is among the largest in the world, with more than $1.8 trillion in assets. In February, Trump told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Includes $150 Billion in Extra Military Spending

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Tuesday advanced a massive spending package, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by President Trump, that includes $150 billion in extra military spending. The bill passed in a vote of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote, as three Republicans — Senators Rand...

Florida Ends All Sales Taxes on Gold, Silver, Platinum

(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) By signing sound money legislation earlier this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ended Florida’s discriminatory practice of assessing sales taxes on small purchases of gold, silver, or platinum bullion and coins. Florida’s House Bill 7031, a bill by the House Ways and Means...

Price Inflation Accounts for Virtually the Entire Increase in Retail Sales Since the Pandemic

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Do you feel like you spend more and more money every month but get less and less for it? That’s because you are. As talking heads on mainstream financial networks point to ever-increasing retail sales (May data notwithstanding) and gush about the “health of...

Connecticut Ends All Taxes on Purchases of Gold and Silver

(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) Today, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed House Bill 7287 into law, which includes a provision removing the last remaining tax on purchases of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion. The Connecticut General Assembly originally considered a standalone sound money bill, carried...

U.S. Senate Begins Final Debate on One Big Beautiful Bill Act

(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) Final debate began in the U.S. Senate Sunday afternoon on President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with a vote coming as soon as Monday. The package of continuing resolutions cleared a Senate hurdle late Saturday. The procedural vote was 51-49, with two Senate...

Trump v Powell: The Credibility Cost of Politicized Monetary Policy

(Nicolas Cachanosky, Money Metals News Service) Politicians might prefer lower interest rates, but the Fed must protect its fragile post-pandemic progress on prices. Credibility is hard-earned and easily lost. The tension between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has reignited, following the Fed’s recent decision to hold interest rates...

Florida Sheriff’s Office Using Gold to Catch Crooks

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Every once in a while, you’ll hear somebody claim that gold is “a useless metal.” You may think I’m exaggerating, but I assure you, I’m not. I heard a commentator on MSNBC say it with my own two ears a few years ago. Warren...

Despite Mainstream Pessimism, Gold Still Shines: Why the Bull Market Isn’t Over

(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey isn’t buying the recent bearish turn in gold forecasts from Wall Street. In this week’s podcast, he pushes back against the prevailing optimism in financial markets and lays out a compelling, data-backed case for why gold and silver still...

After the Breakout: What’s Next for Silver?

(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) While silver has been relatively quiet in recent weeks following its encouraging breakout, this doesn’t signal failure—rather, it looks like a healthy pause typical of low-volume summer trading. On June 5th, silver finally broke above both the $32–$33 and $34–$35 resistance zones that had capped its...

No War Worries In The Markets

(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” — I’ve had the classic Edwin Starr song running in my head ever since news of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities broke Saturday evening. I was actually alerted to the news by my friend Brent Johnson,...

Tucker Carlson Smeared w/ Unfounded Accusations of Taking Money from Qatar

(José Niño, Headline USA) Call it a Qatari Occupied Government? Tucker Carlson faces accusations of acting as a Qatari propagandist as he pushes against U.S. support for Israel's war in Iran. Carlson vehemently denies the allegations, and his supporters have noted that there's no proof to them. The accusations were amplified...
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