(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey opens the Money Metals Midweek Memo with a mindset for chaotic times. He borrows from the famous keep calm & carry on message that originated as a British government propaganda campaign in 1939 during World War II. His point is modern and simple. Stay grounded...
(Brett Rolwland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he could bypass Congress to send $2,000 tariff rebate checks to some Americans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj2_CRDtPyU
This directly contradicts his top economic adviser's comments last month, making this the first time Trump has proposed issuing tariff-funded checks without congressional approval.
"I don't think...
(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance heard Wednesday from witnesses on the ongoing Minnesota fraud scandal.
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Republicans and Democrats on the committee sparred over what Democrats consider the politicization of the fraud story, which has dominated headlines in Minnesota...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Ten days before the government funding deadline, congressional appropriators released the last four fiscal year 2026 spending bills for the U.S. House to vote on.
The 771-page funding package includes a total of $1.2 trillion for the departments of Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the top legal advisor to Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon could be ousted over her relationship to deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
The advisor, Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, was Obama’s White House counsel from 2011 to 2014...
(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) Since 2020, fraudsters have scammed at least $36 billion and as much as $3 trillion in tax money from federal entitlement programs, dwarfing the amount federal prosecutors claim was stolen in Minnesota's federal food aid scandal known as Feeding Our Future, an investigation by...
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) The silver market continues to be a sight to behold, with prices touching $95 today, more than triple the price of just one year ago.
Volatility is increasing, and upward momentum in both gold and silver remains strong. And so does retail demand in...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver charted its fifth consecutive structural market deficit in 2025 based on preliminary analysis of the data. The shortfall will likely exacerbate tight supply issues that have precipitated a significant silver squeeze.
This is one of several stories covered in the latest issue of Silver News, published...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) While many Western investors still lack exposure to precious metals, a Hong Kong billionaire has allocated a quarter of his wealth to gold and advises others to do the same.
Bloomberg described Cheah Cheng Hye as “the face of value investing” in Asia. Hye built...
Alex Triantafilou serves as Partner of Counsel at Dinsmore & Shohl, a Cincinnati law firm with a dedicated immigration practice that secures H-1B visas for corporations hiring foreign workers.
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Indian gold demand has remained resilient, despite record-high prices, driven by strong investment demand.
India ranks as the world’s second-largest gold market.
The gold price continued to surge in the final month of 2025, with domestic prices in India broadly tracking the global price.
Higher prices...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver was up nearly 148 percent in 2025, and the price has continued to climb in the new year, trading over $90 an ounce.
With the rapid gain, silver now ranks as the second-most valuable asset in the world with a market cap of $5.35 trillion.
The...