(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The big gold selloff in January didn’t seem to deter investment demand. Despite the big correction in the gold price, metal continued to flow into ETFs last month.
ETF gold holdings rose to an all-time high in January, and gold-backed funds continued to add to their...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Don’t just do something; stand there! Turns out this might be a pretty good investment strategy.
Research conducted by Dalbar, Fidelity, and Vanguard reveals that dead people tend to be better investors than the living.
Now, I’m not suggesting suicide here. But you can adopt...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Tucker Carlson's ALP nicotine pouch company is offering a $100,000 reward after thieves hijacked a truck carrying millions of dollars worth of product using what appeared to be authentic credentials at a California logistics facility, the New York Post reports.
In a post on X, an...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Tensions are rising between U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio over whether the United States should deploy troops to Iran at Israel's request, three former U.S. officials and a senior regional official told Middle East Eye.
Rubio and Hegseth were...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is preparing for the possibility that the US-Israeli war against Iran lasts until September of this year, according to a report from POLITICO, far beyond President Donald Trump’s initial four-week timeline.
The report said that US Central Command is asking the Pentagon to send...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in an interview with Axios on Thursday that he must have a say on who is chosen as Iran’s next leader following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, contradicting other administration officials who say the US’s goal is not...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump is nominating Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma as the next Homeland Security Secretary.
On Thursday, the second-term Republican decided to reassign Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
Multiple reports circulated prior to the...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Lawmakers introduced a bill to require greater transparency on the national debt and GDP.
Reps. Lloyd Smucker, R-Penn., and Jared Golden, D-Maine, introduced the Debt-to-GDP Transparency and Stabilization Act on Wednesday. The legislation would require the president to submit reports in his annual budget requests...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) South Korea plans to boost its gold holdings for the first time since 2013. However, it will take an unusual approach. According to an announcement, the Bank of Korea will incorporate overseas-listed gold ETFs into its foreign reserve portfolio.
Bank of Korea official Heung-Soon...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey discussed volatility in the gold and silver markets amid escalating geopolitical tensions and broader financial market turmoil. Maharrey opened by criticizing mainstream financial media coverage of a recent selloff that occurred as...
(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) A number of U.S. representatives like to be driven in style, billing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars for limo service from their office accounts, an investigation by The Center Square found.
Six U.S. representatives charged taxpayers nearly $30,000 to hire chauffeured limousines in the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that he was “fearful” that the Trump administration would put “boots on the ground” in Iran as the war the US and Israel launched on Saturday continues to escalate.
“I just want to say that I am more fearful than...