(Money Metals News Service) The latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, hosted by Mike Maharrey, explores a growing shift in global markets. Traditional safe havens are no longer behaving as expected. In their place, gold is emerging as the primary refuge during economic and geopolitical instability.
The discussion...
(Headline USA) U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war.
The Treasury issued a broad authorization...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The United States expressed its anger when Great Britain revealed two years ago that China hacked its voter registration databases. But American intelligence concealed its own secret at the time, having known since 2020 that Beijing also obtained access to American voter registration data, according...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) More than 200 US troops have been wounded in the Middle East since the US and Israel launched the war with Iran on February 28, a US Central Command spokesman said on Monday, as the conflict continues to rage across the region.
CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you want some gold, today might be a good day to hunt for a leprechaun, it being St. Patrick’s Day and all. I’ve heard these little creatures have an affinity for gold, and if you catch one, it might reveal its whereabouts...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Despite gold’s sideways performance in recent weeks, UBS still expects gold to gain 20 percent from its current price this year.
Since the big selloff in January, gold has generally traded in a range between $5,000 and $5,200 an ounce. It got a little bump...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Bank of America has reached a settlement with an anonymous woman who accused the financial giant of enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation and profiting from his criminal enterprise.
Lawyers for both parties informed a judge they had agreed to a "settlement in principle" according to...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) I could almost put this story on a monthly repeat.
The federal government ran another big budget deficit in February, as the national debt nudges close to $39 trillion.
According to the Monthly Treasury Statement, the Trump administration spent $307.5 billion more than it took...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) He was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
He served 10.
Why?
Because he either got royally screwed by the system, or he has epic-level self-discipline.
Tommy G. Thompson is the main character in a story that is either a comedy or a tragedy.
And we’ll probably never...
(José Niño, Headline USA) When Donald Trump's top officials promised that mass deportations would deliver "higher wages with better benefits" and a "100 percent American work force," farmers across the country watched with a mixture of hope and dread. The agricultural sector had struggled for years to find enough...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former President Barack Obama may be worth more than $70 million. Still, his soon-to-open Obama Presidential Center in Chicago is turning to unpaid volunteers to handle day-to-day operations.
The Obama Foundation is recruiting between 75 and 100 so-called ambassadors to greet visitors, give directions and share information about the center — all while...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is fighting for his political life against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a heated runoff, and he is turning to evangelical pastors for support. Three of those pastors, however, signed onto a pro-amnesty organization that receives funding from George and...