(Money Metals News Service) A recent episode of The Crux Investor podcast brought together two perspectives on platinum group metals. Nick Smart is CEO of ValOre Metals Corporation, and Stefan Gleason is President and CEO of Money Metals Exchange.
Gold and silver remain the cornerstone precious metals for most investors....
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Analysts warned that the December CPI report would be “muddy.”
It was.
But you will find what you really need to know about the current trajectory of inflation in two unrelated charts.
The CPI Data
The December data were generally in line with expectations. Core CPI was even...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Did Larry Kudlow just predict a financial crisis and recession in 2026?
Kudlow is a prominent conservative economic commentator who hosts a show on Fox Business. He served as Director of the National Economic Council (NEC) in the first Trump administration.
Kudlow famously called the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) An interesting development in the COMEX silver exchange seems to reflect an accelerating silver squeeze.
The stage was set for a silver squeeze last April when significant amounts of metal moved from London to New York, driven by tariff worries. The displacement of metal,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) 2025 was quite the year for precious metals. What does 2026 have in store for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium?
Last year, gold rose by over 64 percent, setting 53 new record highs along the way. Silver gained just under 148 percent. Platinum’s price...
(Headline USA) Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.
“Nurses on strike! ... Fair contract now!” they shouted on a picket line outside NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's campus in Upper Manhattan....
(Headline USA) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed's building renovations.
The subpoenas relate to Powell's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June, the...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) December’s jobs data changed little from November, rounding out an underwhelming year for the U.S. labor market.
Initial estimates put job gains at 50,000, though if December is like every other month this year, that number will be revised downward in the coming months.
By comparison,...