Saturday, November 8, 2025

FINANCE

Jim Grant Warns of Long-Term Inflation and a Secular Bear Market in Bonds

(Money Metals News Service) On the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey interviewed James “Jim” Grant—founder of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer—for a sharp, historically grounded discussion on inflation, interest rates, and the fragile state of American fiscal credibility. Jim Grant is one of the most respected financial historians and market analysts of our time. With...

Employers Added 177,000 Jobs as Job Market Shows Resilience

(Headline USA) American employers added a 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump's trade wars. Hiring fell slightly from a revised 185,000 in March, but that is above economist projections of 135,000 jobs. The unemployment rate remained at a low...

Kentucky Man Who Won Powerball Jackpot Lands in Florida Jail Days Later

(Headline USA) A Kentucky Powerball winner was arrested and charged with kicking a police officer in Florida days after he won a $167 million jackpot. James S. Farthing, who goes by Shannon, found out Sunday that he won the state's biggest ever jackpot after his mother called him, according to a...

Visa Wants to Give AI ‘Agents’ Your Credit Card

(Headline USA) Artificial intelligence “agents” are supposed to be more than chatbots. The tech industry has spent months pitching AI personal assistants that know what you want and can do real work on your behalf. So far, they're not doing much. Visa hopes to change that by giving them your credit card....

Central Banks Continued Stockpiling Gold in Q1

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks continued to stockpile gold in the first quarter. Official net gold purchases came in at 244 tonnes, 21 percent below Q1 2024 (310 tonnes), but 25 percent above the five-year quarterly average. As the World Gold Council put it, central bank gold...

Hikers Find over $300,000 in Gold

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Do you know what I do really well? I lose things. I lose my glasses. I lose my wallet. I lose the TV remote. Sometimes, I think I'm losing my mind. Oddly enough, despite my penchant for losing stuff, I'm pretty good at finding things other people have...

First Quarter Gold Demand at Highest Level Since 2016

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Record gold prices drove first-quarter demand in 2025 to the highest level since 2016. The LBMA gold price hit multiple record highs in Q1, with the average price coming in at $2,860 an ounce. That was a 38 percent year-on-year increase. The gold price was driven by...

Chinese Investors Piled into Gold Last Month

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Chinese investors are pouring money into gold. China accounted for more than half of gold flows into ETFs globally last month, and Q1 Chinese demand for gold bars and coins hit the second-highest quarterly level on record. As World Gold Council senior market strategist...

Gold Soars Amid Chaos: How to Stay Grounded in the Precious Metals Bull Market

(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey opens with an unexpected comparison between the experience of playing goalie in a chaotic amateur hockey game and navigating today’s financial markets. Substituting for a team of less experienced players, Maharrey found himself overwhelmed by...

Report: Tesla Searching for New CEO to Succeed Musk

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Tesla started a formal process to find its next CEO last month, amidst declining public opinion about billionaire Elon Musk, according to a bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal. “Board members reached out to several executive search firms to work on a formal process for...

Democrat Lawmaker Wants to Decriminalize Welfare Fraud

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Californians who defraud the taxpayer-funded welfare system could soon catch a break—so long as they don’t steal more than $25,000.  Legislation SB560—introduced by California Democratic state Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas on Friday—would effectively decriminalize welfare fraud up to $25,000, protect potential offenders from perjury charges and block prosecutors...

The Dollar and Gold Are Building Energy for a Major Move

(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) After a volatile couple of months filled with relentless news and confusing cross-currents from the Trump administration’s tariff plans and other policies, the financial markets have calmed down in recent weeks—providing a much-needed breather for everyone, myself included. While it’s been quiet in the...
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