Wednesday, January 14, 2026

FINANCE

Platinum and Palladium Are Back: Why the 2025 to 2026 Supply Squeeze Has Investors Watching

(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....

December CPI Meets Expectations But There Are Better Ways to Gauge Inflation

(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...

Did Fox Business Pundit Larry Kudlow Just Call a 2026 Recession?

(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...

Trump Weighing ‘Strong Options’ Against Iran

The U.S. could be inching closer to striking Iran for a second time...

Trump ‘Inclined’ To Keep Exxon Out of Venezuela

Exxon CEO Darren Woods made the comments on Friday, when President Trump hosted a group of oil executives to discuss his plans for Venezuela.

Unusual COMEX Trend Could Signal Accelerating Silver Squeeze

(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,...

Precious Metals in 2026: Will the Bulls Keep Running?

(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...

Thousands of Nurses Go on Strike at Several Major New York City Hospitals

(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....

Stocks of Credit Card Companies Slump as Wall Street Overall Drifts in Mixed Trading

Stocks of credit card companies are dropping Monday after President Donald Trump threatened moves that could eat into their profits

Trump Declares National Emergency to Protect Stolen Venezuela Funds

After ordering the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, Trump claimed that the US was controlling the country...

Federal Reserve Chair is Under Criminal Investigation

(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...

One Year In, a ‘Ho-Hum’ Jobs Report

(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,...
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