(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) When you’re considering investing in precious metals, you are confronted with many options. Silver or gold? Bars or coins? And what in the world is an ETF?
Understanding the differences between an ETF and physical gold and silver is an important first step in...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The House Judiciary Committee has disclosed the secret tool employed by federal investigators in their "broad financial" surveillance of financial transactions involving alleged "domestic violent extremists," including presumed supporters of former President Donald Trump.
According to a 36-page report announced on Thursday by the House Judiciary and...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Even as many woke corporations have begun shying away from controversial investing practices like the ESG movement, and the push for more diversity, equity and inclusion, The North Face appears to be doubling down, SK Pop reported.
The Denver-based outdoor-apparel company---founded by Democrat megadonors Susie Tompkins...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In what could be a harbinger of things to come for the U.S., the New York Times reported this week that Egyptians are flocking to gold as the country’s fiat currency, the pound, collapses.
The March 5 Times article reported that demand for gold in Egypt...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks took up where they left off in 2023, adding more gold to their stockpiles to kick off the new year.
Globally, central banks increased their gold reserves by a net 39 tons in January, according to the latest data compiled by the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) In an interview on the Russian news agency TASS, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov announced that the BRICS nations plan to develop a new payment system based on the blockchain.
This sets the stage for further de-dollarization and could further undermine the status of the...
(Headline USA) Elon Musk supported making OpenAI a for-profit company, the ChatGPT maker said, attacking a lawsuit from the wealthy investor who has accused the artificial intelligence business of betraying its founding goal to benefit humanity as it pursued profits instead.
In its first response since the Tesla CEO sued last...
(Headline USA) With former President Donald Trump having already announced last month that he would not keep Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman, Tuesday's GOP primary blowout may have given Powell all the evidence he needed that it wasn't the right time to cut interest rates and jumpstart the...
(Headline USA) Bitcoin has hit an all-time high less than two years after the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX severely damaged faith in digital currencies and sent prices plunging.
The world's largest cryptocurrency jumped 4% this week and briefly surpassed $68,800 Tuesday, according to CoinMarketCap. That's just above bitcoin's previous record set in November...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The United States has weaponized the dollar, leveraging it to achieve foreign policy objectives. But is the U.S. playing with fire? Is it setting itself up for significant blowback?
In this episode of the Money Metals' Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey explains how...
(Thomas L. Hogan, Money Metals News Service) During the pandemic recovery, inflation reached the highest rates in 40 years, largely driven by the Federal Reserve’s excessive monetary policy. The Fed got “behind the curve” by not raising its interest rate target fast enough, even once it became apparent its...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter Tuesday to GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan, seeking information on whether his company participated in the surveillance of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protestors.
Jordan’s letter comes amidst a House Judiciary investigation into corporations and government agencies from...