Saturday, August 9, 2025

FINANCE

Why Gold May Soon Surge to $4,400

(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Although gold has been relatively quiet in recent months following a strong start to the year, many investors have lost interest or assumed the rally has run its course. However, I believe gold may be setting up for another powerful advance, with the potential to...

Democratic Leaders Want ‘Big Four’ Meeting to Hash Out Funding Disputes

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After weeks of stalling, Democratic leaders are finally expressing willingness to engage with Republicans in the government funding process – but they’re wielding Medicaid as a bargaining chip. Congress has until Sept. 30 – the end of fiscal year 2025 – to pass all 12...

Bill Gates Once Lost a Bet to Jeffrey Epstein, New Photo Suggests

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times published new photos on Tuesday of Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, including one indicating that the deceased sex trafficker once had a bet with billionaire Bill Gates. Among the photos released by the Times is a framed dollar signed by Gates, with the...

Is The GENIUS Act a Backdoor to CBDCs?

(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Congress recently passed the GENIUS Act, which provides a regulatory framework for private banks and other organizations to develop and operate stablecoins. These are digital tokens which have their value pegged to another “stable” asset, such as the U.S. dollar. There was plenty of...

Central Bank Gold Buying Slows in Q2 But Remains Far Above Historical Average

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Letter) Higher prices appear to have put a drag on central bank gold buying. However, the pace of expanding gold reserves remains far above the historical average. Central banks globally added 166 tonnes of gold to their reserves in the second quarter. That was a 33...

Russia Downplays Trump’s Comments on Nuclear Submarines, Cautions Against ‘Nuclear Rhetoric’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Kremlin on Monday downplayed President Trump’s recent announcement that two US nuclear submarines were being deployed to “appropriate regions” in response to comments from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. According to Russia’s TASS news agency, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that US nuclear-armed submarines are always...

The Vast Majority of US Adults are Stressed about Grocery Costs, an AP-NORC Poll Finds

The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs remain widespread. About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a “major”...

China Pushes Back at US Demands to Stop Buying Russian and Iranian Oil

U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia. “China will always ensure its energy supply in...

Boeing Workers Who Build Fighter Jets Plan to go on Strike

(Headline USA) Boeing workers who build fighter jets are planning to go on strike Monday at midnight. About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers...

Trump Sets Global Tariffs as Consumers Brace for Price Hikes

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Consumers across the country are bracing for higher prices on everything from coffee to cars as President Donald Trump's full suite of "Liberation Day" tariffs go into effect next week.  Some public companies had previously delayed price hikes, but that could change as more tariffs...

Facebook Accused of Hacking Snapchat to Harvest Encrypted User Data

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A tech entrepreneur's viral thread about corporate espionage using Israeli software went viral Friday after catching the attention of Elon Musk and other prominent social-media influencers. The thread suggested, among other things, that Facebook may have hacked into the encryption software of rival Snapchat in order...

Gold, Geopolitics & the Coming Commodity Clash

(Money Metals News Service) In a compelling episode of the Money Metals Podcast, host Mike Maharrey sits down with Frank E. Holmes, CEO and CIO of U.S. Global Investors and Executive Chairman of Hive Blockchain Technologies, for a wide-ranging discussion on gold, platinum, interest rates, the dollar, and the shifting...
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