(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) Gold’s back in the mode of setting a new record high (almost) every day.
Sure, it's taking a break today, down a few dollars after a torrid run over the past week.
In fact, just last week, we were ecstatic that gold was barreling toward...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The U.S. Mint confirmed that a controversial coin using a description that referred to Jan. 6 freedom fighters as "insurrectionists" has been officially taken out of circulation after it was exposed by the popular social-media account Libs of TikTok on Tuesday.
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1886641405130424573
The commemorative coin had been...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold has served as a lifeline for the Russian government and economy in the wake of aggressive sanctions after it invaded Ukraine.
It has also served as a lifeline for the Russian people.
Russians bought a record amount of gold in 2024. According to a report...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold demand followed prices higher and set a new record in 2024.
According to data compiled by the World Gold Council, total gold demand rose by 1 percent to 4,974 tonnes, driven by robust central bank buying and surging investor interest in the East.
Gold...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) The current gold bull market began in the spring of 2024, fueled in large part by aggressive Chinese futures traders on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), while Western investors remained largely on the sidelines.
In just six weeks between March and April, these traders propelled...
(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey takes a deep dive into the enduring value of gold and silver in a fiat-driven monetary world. Here are the key takeaways from the episode.
Gold and Silver vs. Fiat Currency
Maharrey opens the episode by...
(Headline USA) Several businesses from day cares to grocery stores and hair salons closed Monday across the U.S. in a loosely organized day of protest against President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
But instead, the failed effort might perversely have helped proponents of federal immigration-law enforcement in their effort to underscore...
(Headline USA) The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been barred from operating in the United States, security researchers...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Washington DC insider magazine Politico has long been accused of having a liberal bias. That might be because it has received more than $8 million in federal contracts, according to information unearthed Wednesday on Twitter/X.
Politico’s government contracts were discovered after an internal email was...
(Headline USA) You know you've said it. We all have. “Mmm, that looks so delicious — I want to try some!” That's because when it comes to what we eat, it's not just a matter of taste.
What foods and drinks look like—the colors we see before the first morsels or...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) President Donald Trump has an unlikely ally in its fight to stop financial instructions from arbitrarily closing customers’ accounts over their political views—a process known as “de-banking.”
Indeed, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., whom Trump nicknamed “Pocahontas” over her dubious claims to be of Native American heritage,...
(Headline USA) The Waffle House restaurant chain is putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge in place due to the biggest bird flu outbreak in a decade.
The 24-7 restaurant said that the resulting egg shortage has led to a dramatic increase in its costs.
Tone-deaf Democrats, including House Minority Leader...