(Headline USA) Anti-smoking groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been idling at the White House for months.
The lawsuit is the latest effort to force the government to ban menthols, which are disproportionately used by black smokers and young people---two groups that have...
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A super-PAC supporting Donald Trump launched a new website that allows people to compare Trump-era grocery prices to the current high prices under Joe Biden's administration.
The Biden-Mart.com website that was created by the Make America Great Again Inc. PAC includes over two dozen common grocery items...
(Headline USA) Tax season can come with several headaches, from gathering documents to finding the time to sit down and file.
But one pain that you want to avoid is falling for a tax scam.
Year-round, scammers look for ways to trick people into giving them money or personal information.
There are several common types...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold broke another intraday record on Monday. This continues the gold bull run that has been ongoing for several weeks.
But there is something else happening that’s quite unusual.
Treasury bond yields are also rising.
As gold was setting records on Monday, yields on the long...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of "Gold Chain IQ," Stefan Gleason, a key figure from Money Metals Exchange (aka Money Metals), shared insights into the precious metals industry, focusing on education, the importance of sound money, and a groundbreaking development in Idaho for a new depository.
Stefan...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If a formula spits out a number you don't like, just change the formula so you get a better number!
That’s exactly what the Bureau of Labor Statistics did to the Consumer Price Index formula in the 1990s. Because the CPI kept indicating price...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) The label “prepper” carries some baggage. Even after all this country has seen in recent years, some still consider those stocking up on food, ammo, bullion, and other emergency essentials as a little bit nuts.
Despite some close brushes with disaster, including the 2008...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) An elderly woman in Maryland lost nearly $800,000 in a gold scam. The incident underscores the importance of using caution when buying, selling, and handling gold and silver.
Montgomery County Detective Sean Petty told NBC4 that the woman was taken by a “well-crafted scam.”
The rip-off...
(Headline USA) AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online.
The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4...
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) We’re seeing another big move in the gold market. The monetary metal reached a new record high on Thursday to close out this holiday-shortened trading week. Gold finished the week, the month, and the quarter on a high note at $2,243 an ounce,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Everybody wants to know when the Federal Reserve is going to declare victory over price inflation and begin loosening monetary policy.
The real question is - when are they going to make monetary policy tight again?
Because despite all the worry about high interest rates,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Why should you have gold in your portfolio The World Gold Council puts it this way in its recent report Gold as a Strategic Asset.
"Gold has a key role as a strategic long-term investment and as a mainstay allocation in a well-diversified portfolio....