Precious Metals and Market News

Gold, silver ease as stocks rally, Hormuz risk premium fades - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco News) - Spot gold and silver prices were also softer after the U.S. close on Monday, as a sharp equity rebound, weaker oil and a modest retreat in Treasury yields reduced safe-haven demand while Fed-rate expectations stayed restrictive.

Don’t give up your gold: disciplined monetary policy can’t fix fiscal risk - Axel Merk - (Kitco News) - The Federal Reserve has embarked on a new tightening cycle; however, gold investors may have less to fear from a more disciplined central bank than they think, as improving monetary policy cannot fix Washington’s deteriorating fiscal position, according to one prominent fund manager.

AI borrowed $400 billion this year, and Mark Thornton says every paper-dollar asset is at risk - (Kitco News) - The debt paying for the artificial intelligence buildout is being written with 30-year maturities. The equipment it buys has a working life closer to three.

Higher rates aren’t breaking gold as structural forces provide a solid floor - Standard Chartered - (Kitco News) - Gold’s traditional relationship with real interest rates is weakening, and while higher U.S. rates and a potentially stronger U.S. dollar could keep prices volatile in the near term, Standard Chartered sees structural forces providing a solid floor under the precious metal.

Gold steadies above $4,300 as oil eases and yields stay high - Kitco AM Report - Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices are modestly lower and spot silver prices are firmer in early U.S. trading Monday, as elevated Treasury yields and a firmer dollar offset safe-haven demand tied to U.S.-Iran tensions and constrained traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Fed raised rates and gold didn’t break: Here’s why - (Kitco News) - Last week we argued that gold investors should stop obsessing over limited US monetary policy moves and start paying attention to the next $1 trillion of U.S. debt.

Wall Street goes full bull on gold price after post-hike gains, Main Street bolsters bullish majority as gold holds $4,300 - The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street unanimously bullish after gold’s post-Fed gains, while Main Street bolstered its bullish majority following gold’s solid weekly performance.

Gold, silver prices hold weekly gains as oil drops, yields return to 5% - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Friday, with both metals holding weekly gains as lower oil prices offset part of the pressure from a rebound in Treasury yields and a firmer U.S. dollar.

Gold shrugs off Fed rate hike as deeper forces drive safe-haven demand - (Kitco News) - A lot more appears to be going on in the gold market than monetary policy alone can explain, as prices continue to hold critical support heading into the weekend, even after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and signaled further tightening by year-end.

Socgen remains bullish on gold price in Q4 as central banks won’t get ahead of inflation - (Kitco News) - Central banks are just getting started with interest rate hikes, but despite this new tightening cycle, they are unlikely to get in front of the inflation curve, which means there is still a solid reason to own gold, according to one international investment bank.

The Hunger Margin: How Intel Analysts Learned To Measure The End Of Abundance - The Hunger Margin: How Intel Analysts Learned To Measure The End Of Abundance Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, The shift happened gradually, then all at once. By late 2024, analysts at Langley and Fort Meade who had spent careers tracking terrorist cells and nuclear programs found themselves redirected to spreadsheets showing fertilizer shipments, satellite passes over Uk...

Agentic Wars Begin: Amazon Blocks Meta's Agents As Muse Takes World By Storm - Agentic Wars Begin: Amazon Blocks Meta's Agents As Muse Takes World By Storm Amazon.com has blocked Meta’s new AI agent from its retail site after the social media company declined a request to remove the bot, Bloomberg reported. Meta’s Muse, which was introduced earlier this month and has taken the world by storm, quickly rising to the top of mobile app charts, a sign that the so...

China's Rare-Earth Magnet Exports To US Plunge As Trump-Xi Meeting Looms - China's Rare-Earth Magnet Exports To US Plunge As Trump-Xi Meeting Looms Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet in Washington on Thursday. UBS analysts quoted chief China economist Yu Song as saying the meeting between the leaders of the two global superpowers is largely about strategic stability and modest progress on tariffs, rare earths, a...

"Supply Shortage Problem Has Disappeared": Acer CEO Says Memory Prices To Decline In 2027 As CXMT Starts Mass Production Of New Chip Platform - "Supply Shortage Problem Has Disappeared": Acer CEO Says Memory Prices To Decline In 2027 As CXMT Starts Mass Production Of New Chip Platform At long last, the memory bubble may be finally bursting.  According to Jason Chen, chairman and CEO of Taiwanese PC and IT hardware giant, Acer, prices for memory chips will start reversing in the latter half of next year, dismissing the mem...

"Technically Not A Hurricane": Rare Nor'easter Threatens Northeast This Weekend - "Technically Not A Hurricane": Rare Nor'easter Threatens Northeast This Weekend Meteorologists on X are tracking a potential nor'easter that could form off the East Coast late this week.  A powerful nor’easter could lash the East Coast this week — a rarity for September. Only around 1 percent of nor’easters have historically occurred during September. They are most common from No...

Chinese County Orders Lawyers To Get Government Approval Before Defending Criminal Charges - Chinese County Orders Lawyers To Get Government Approval Before Defending Criminal Charges Authored by Michael Zhuang via The Epoch Times, A county justice bureau in southwestern China has ordered local law firms to report cases related to the government's "anti-organized crime" campaign and obtain official approval before lawyers can argue that a defendant's alleged offense shoul...

Seattle Mayor Calls For New Gun Laws While Letting Repeat Offenders Roam Free - Seattle Mayor Calls For New Gun Laws While Letting Repeat Offenders Roam Free It's the communist playbook in real time.  Allow crime to fester, then disarm law abiding citizens rather than punishing the people responsible.     Democratic Socialist Mayor of Seattle, Katie Wilson, has been a disaster for the city and she's only been in office nine months.  So far, multiple major cor...

China Will Dominate Global Nuclear Energy Through 2035, Analyst Says - China Will Dominate Global Nuclear Energy Through 2035, Analyst Says Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, The future of nuclear energy is in China's hands. While the United States remains the world's largest producer of nuclear energy, China's sector is growing at such a rapid clip that it is expected to overtake France as well as the United States to become the world's lea...

DHS Lawyer Says Minnesota Judges Coordinated To Block Immigration Enforcement - DHS Lawyer Says Minnesota Judges Coordinated To Block Immigration Enforcement Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) top lawyer accused a federal judge of working with other judges to block immigration law enforcement after the jurist said that the Trump administration's Minnesota enforcement surge created "a grave threat to the ...

Massachusetts School District Investigated Over Alleged Secret 'Gender Transition' - Massachusetts School District Investigated Over Alleged Secret 'Gender Transition' Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Department of Education has announced that it is investigating a Massachusetts school district over allegedly enabling a minor girl student's "gender transition" without the knowledge of parents or securing their consent. The probe was launc...

Princeton’s 15-year run as the nation’s top college is over. MIT is now No. 1. - A change in methodology in the U.S. News rankings helped boost schools where students have high earnings

Meta’s stock is enjoying its best month in 13 years thanks to the company’s hot new AI assistant - Muse is gaining popularity and helping convince investors that Meta’s AI bets are paying off.

AT&T’s stock looks like the smartest bet in the wireless sector, analyst says - An analyst at BNP has taken a positive view of AT&T’s stock, writing that investors should have “little to quibble with on the mobile side.”

Bitcoin hits an 8-month high — and sends a clear message about risk appetite right now - The lack of clarity around crypto’s regulatory framework hasn’t stopped bitcoin from surging, as investors haven’t abandoned hopes for clearer U.S. rules.

My husband and I are in our 50s and have no kids. We have $2 million in IRAs and 401(k)s. Do we really need a will? - “We have no debt and own our primary home, a vacation home, as well as my mother’s home in another state.”

As the S&P 500 nears a new record high, there are signs of weakness below the surface - About 60% of the stocks in the S&P 500 are down more than 20% from their all-time highs.

These beaten-down stocks could bounce back in January, if history is any guide - Tax-loss selling is likely to lead these 20 stocks to become artificially depressed in the fourth quarter — and therefore good bets to bounce back in the new year

‘She says it’s just money’: My friend pays for everything. I should be grateful, but I can’t stand her anymore. - “On each of these weekends away, she’s probably spending $500.”

Novo Nordisk’s stock tumbles as doubts persist about Ozempic maker’s strategy - The drugmaker, best known for developing weight-loss and diabetes drugs, failed to excite investors hoping for a turnaround.

Amazon and Shopify make starkly different moves in the brewing battle over AI shopping - While Amazon is shutting out Meta’s Muse, Shopify is partnering on payment technology with the buzzy AI assistant.

Much of Trump’s promised midterm election spending has yet to surface, new filing shows - MAGA Inc. entered September with $415.8 million as much of Trump’s promised midterm spending had yet to surface publicly.

Investors rush into India’s National Stock Exchange IPO at valuation multiple above Nasdaq - The $2.3 billion NSE IPO, India's largest public share sale issue so far this year, has drawn strong interest from investors, with bids of more than $10 billion.

U.S. strikes Greenland deal for 'permanent control over security,' will send forces to Danish dog-sled outpost and reopen Cold War base: report - Trump said the agreement with Greenland and Denmark would give the U.S. "permanent control over security" in the Danish island territory.

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts best day since early August: Live updates - The three major averages jumped to start the week's trading, catching a tailwind from a rally in AI-related stocks, as well as lower yields and oil prices.

Here's who we know is going to the Trump-Xi dinner so far - Very little is known about which Chinese business executives, if any, are expected to attend.

France’s wine production nears a 70-year low, leaving winemakers with tough choices - As the French wine industry reaches a crisis point, key players are considering new markets, products and generations.

Consumer sentiment is in the dumps despite a solid economy. Goldman Sachs blames 'lower happiness' - Goldman economist Joseph Briggs said broader pessimism in society may be contributing to struggling consumer sentiment even as the economy chugs along.

Why Japan’s markets flipped the usual script after central bank rate hike - The yen weakened past 157 against the dollar, the yield on the 10-year Japanese Government Bond slipped, while the Nikkei 225 gained 1.5%.

Bank of England defies Fed’s rate-hike lead, leaving rates unchanged - The Bank of England kept rates steady Thursday, even after U.K. inflation rose to 3.1% and energy costs put pressure on prices.

'Science fiction': Transport companies — the backbone of economy — are sounding alarm on fuel prices - Prices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.

U.S. to use dollar sanctions to close Iranian airlines - U.S. threatens to ground Iranian airlines worldwide tomorrow From Al Jazeera, Doha, QatarMonday, September 21, 2026 United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Iranian airlines could effectively be shut out of international travel from Wednesday, as Washington threatens foreign companies with secondary sanctions if they continue servicing the country’s carriers. “On September 23, all th...

Ole Hansen: Gold breaks with real yields as fiscal concerns reshape investor demand - By Ole HansenHead of Commodity StrategySaxo Bank, Hellerup, DenmarkMonday, September 21, 2026 U.S. 10-year real yields hit their highest level in more than 20 years on Friday at 2.63%, a 76-basis point increase since the start of the year, while total gold-backed exchange-traded fund holdings continued to recover following a drop in H1 2026. The divergence highlights an increasingly notable dis...

As Africa digs up tons of illicit gold, a fabled refinery wants to make it legit - By Alexandra WexlerThe Wall Street JournalMonday, September 21, 2026 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Behind multiple sets of locking doors, watched over by hundreds of security cameras, is a windowless refinery that has processed almost a third of all the gold produced in the history of the world. Now the storied Rand Refinery is switching up its playbook.  Long the go-to destination for Africa's...

Will this review of GATA's work persuade you to help? - 1:46p ET Monday, September 21, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver): Last week Mark Maharrey and GATA's other friends at Money Metals Exchange generously gave your secretary/treasurer a half hour on their weekly podcast to review GATA's work over the last 26 years and to remark on recent developments in the monetary metals. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ADVERTISEMENT ... A...

Saudi Arabia quits China-led cross-border currency platform - From the Financial Times, LondonSunday, September 20, 2026 Saudi Arabia has withdrawn from a Beijing-led digital currency program that is part of China's efforts to develop an alternative cross-border payments system to the dollar. The mBridge platform has attracted controversy in the US amid concerns that participants could use it to bypass dollar-dominated conventional payment systems such as...

Tech, Science, Social Media Jobs in San Francisco & Silicon Valley Plunge to 2019 Level: AI Magic-Money Boom Is Paper Thin - The local economy and housing market have become immensely dependent on unsustainable AI magic-money.

Treasury Yields of 2 Years & 3 Years Spike toward 5%, but 10-Year Holds at 5%, Yield Curve Bulges: Some Thoughts on What’s Brewing - The 2-year and 3-year yields indicate that the 10-year yield could go way higher over the next few months.

Oh Dear, Condo Prices Dropped by 15% to 34% in 34 Bigger Markets. 6 Plunged Back to Where They’d Been 20 Years Ago - In another 35 bigger cities, condo prices dropped by 8-14%. Mind-blowing Condo Bubbles deflate in 34 charts.

Is Trump’s $1 coin now on sale a legal tender? What the law says - The US Mint has begun selling the 2026 Donald Trump $1 coin, a legal-tender issue marking America’s 250th anniversary. Rolls of 25 cost $61, while 100-coin bags cost $154.50. The coin has a $1 face va ...

These Countries May Be Next To Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender - One of the main knocks against cryptocurrency has always been that it will never gain universal adoption, meaning its usefulness will always be limited. This perhaps changed forever on September 7, ...

Legal Tender Forces Gold Out - The government has many ways of forcing us to use their paper dollar as money. The tax on capital gains on gold (I wrote about this here) is one bullet in their gun. The legal tender law—U.S. Code ...

Bill Introduced To Make Bitcoin A Legal Tender In Arizona - Senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a bill proposing to make bitcoin a legal tender in the U.S. state of Arizona. The bill seeks to add bitcoin to the list of instruments considered legal tender in ...

What Is Considered Legal Tender in the US? - "Legal tender" means that the financial instrument in question legally serves to pay any public or private debt. Federal law guarantees its printed value regardless of its intrinsic convertible value, ...

Dogecoin leads market rebound with 15% pump, bitcoin steady above $85,000 - A wave of forced buying that cost short sellers $844 million has run its course, leaving the largest cryptocurrency flat over the past hour and ZEC the only major token in the red.

Cardano joins Solana, XRP Ledger in race to power AI agent payments - The official x402 kit now includes Cardano tools for apps and AI agents to pay with ADA and other network tokens, though the facilitator has so far only been tested on pre-production.

Bitcoin could test $90,000 after shorts get squeezed, but traders warn leverage is building - Bitcoin has broken out to $86,000, but analysts say the next leg depends on whether spot buyers continue to show up as leverage builds.

Why this investment bank expects little demand for tokenized stocks despite SEC’s new trading rules - TD Cowen expects limited demand for tokenized stocks despite new SEC rules opening a path for trading outside traditional markets.

Crypto political group plans to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown's Senate bid - It's the biggest spending from the industry's campaign arm in 2026, much like Fairshake's $40 million against Brown two years ago was its largest-ever outlay.

ECB plans to buy tokenized bonds with its own funds - The European Central Bank rolled out a new system to link its payment system to blockchain-based financial markets.

Why banks and offshore hubs like Dubai are winners of the Senate killing the Clarity Act - One expert believes that the failure to pass the bill is a win for the banks that staunchly oppose stablecoin yields, while a global crypto lawyer believes overseas jurisdictions benefit.

Bitmine bought $75 million ether as Tom Lee says institutions are still underweight crypto - The largest Ethereum-centric treasury firm kept buying, while its chairman argued ETH’s strong third quarter could push institutions to increase crypto exposure.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent champions dollar dominance across global markets and stablecoins - Bessent pushed back against a bearish assessment of the U.S. economy highlighting strong growth, foreign demand for American assets and continued dollar dominance.

Google and Apple seek crypto talent as Big Tech eyes stablecoin and tokenization rails - The tech giants’ job listings could indicate that they are separately pursuing experts in stablecoins and tokenized deposits for future projects.

Monks Erased an Archimedes Manuscript, and Science May Have Lost Centuries - In 1906, Danish philologist Johan Ludvig Heiberg spotted faint traces of Archimedes beneath a medieval prayer book, a palimpsest created after monks recycled the parchment. Modern multispectral imaging using ultraviolet, infrared, and X-rays later recovered “The Method of Mechanical Theorems,” showing Archimedes developed mathematical ideas roughly 1,800 years before Newton and Leibniz. A praye...

AI Risk Is Bitcoin Price Opportunity as Giant Funds Get Anxious - As capital rotation into all things AI-related has been cited as one of the reasons for the bitcoin bear market this year, a new environment is emerging that could help BTC recapture at least some of that capital. One reason for this possible capital rotation back into bitcoin is that AI now affects so many […]

Binance Expands Bstocks Collateral as Tokenized Stock Volumes Jump 33x - Binance has expanded access to its tokenized equity suite, allowing all eligible retail and institutional users to use tokenized stocks as collateral for futures and margin trading. Democratizing Cross-Margin Collateral Binance announced Sept. 21 that it is expanding collateral access for its tokenized equity suite, bstocks, enabling all eligible retail and institutional users to deploy […]

This AI Can’t Chat, but Crypto Traders Are Already Putting It to Work - This weekend, the cryptocurrency community has been discussing Typesafe AI’s System One model, a product known as Jev. What makes this AI particularly intriguing is that it does not chat; instead, users feed it facts and tightly bounded questions, such as buy or sell, yes or no, or a numerical score, and it returns probabilities […]

Bitcoin Rally Has ‘Serious Institutional Money’ Behind It, Devere Says - Bitcoin’s renewed advance reflects stronger institutional demand, according to Devere Group CEO Nigel Green, who predicts that bulls have regained control. His outlook follows a rebound in ETF inflows, despite uneven fund demand and a U.S. legislative setback. Green Sees Institutional Demand Supporting Bitcoin Bitcoin’s recovery could gain durability from institutional allocations, according to...

Exit, Voice, and Nikole Hannah-Jones - Nikole Hannah-Jones' controversial article about her daughter's schooling is a testament to the importance of exit rights.

Does CNN Deserve To Be Banned From the White House? - Plus: why parents are abandoning public schools, whether AI requires government intervention, and what happened to fusionism in the conservative movement.

Judge Blocks Warrantless ICE Construction Site Raids After Agents in Alabama Arrested a U.S. Citizen 3 Times - Being on a construction site "does not open the floodgates to warrantless government intrusion," a federal judge ruled in a lawsuit filed by a construction worker who has been detained three times by ICE.

MSNBC Pundit's Tweet Accusing Lawyer of "Coach[ing]" Jan. 6 Hearing Witness "to Lie" Wasn't Negligent - From today's decision by Judge Loren AliKhan (D.D.C.) in Passantino v. Weissmann (for an earlier decision in the case, see… The post MSNBC Pundit's Tweet Accusing Lawyer of "Coach[ing]" Jan. 6 Hearing Witness "to Lie" Wasn't Negligent appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Trump Takes Page From Leftist Playbook With $5,000 Dividend Proposal - The Trump administration is willing to use public money for campaigning and gamble the country’s fiscal future, just like the leftists in Argentina who ran against Milei.

FA with "FAFO" and FO - A short excerpt from the long opinion in Barlow v. Dep't of Navy, decided Sept. 11 by Merit Systems Protection… The post FA with "FAFO" and FO appeared first on Reason Magazine.

No Warrant, No Suspicion, No Problem: Flock and Border Cellphone Searches Excluded From 4th Amendment Rules - Cops keep carving out tech exceptions to the Fourth Amendment—and courts are giving them their blessing.

4chan & Kiwi Farms Can't Sue U.K. Internet Regulator in American Court - "laintiffs' suit fails because they seek to use American courts as a sword against Ofcom rather than as a shield to protect themselves."

Purposely Negative - Plus: School segregation, ICE shooting, Cuban Americans envision the future, and more...

Just a 10% Gender Gap in Attitudes on Lindsay Clancy Verdict - From a YouGov Sept. 4-8 survey: Thus, there's a 10-point gender gap, with women being less likely to vote guilty;… The post Just a 10% Gender Gap in Attitudes on Lindsay Clancy Verdict appeared first on Reason Magazine.

When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning - Every generation faces a temptation to exchange freedom for security. Every generation is told that normal rules cannot apply because a crisis is too serious, an enemy too dangerous and a moment too urgent. The post When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

They’re not Patriots. They’re Degenerate Cowards. - Degenerate cowards. That’s how the founders and old revolutionaries viewed people who refuse to protect and defend their own constitution and their own liberty out of fear for their own skin - or a lazy preference for comfort. On this episode, it’s the founders’ hard reality check - what needs to be done if we ever want to live in a REAL “land of the free.” The post They’re not Patriots. They’r...

Heading toward the Cliff - The American people are complaining about affordability. The prices of groceries, automobiles, movies, clothes, gasoline, rent, mortgage payments, and just about everything else are soaring. Many Americans are having a very difficult time making ends meet. The post Heading toward the Cliff appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

D.C. Circuit Must Vacate a Drone Flight Restriction That Criminalized Recording Immigration Agents - EFF joined an amicus brief with ACLU, ACLU of D.C., National Press Photographers Association, and Professional Photographers of America to urge the D.C. Circuit to vacate an FAA drone flight restriction that violated the First Amendment right to record law enforcement. This is an important case—Levine v. FAA—challenging the ability of the government to punish drone pilots who record law enforce...

EU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy - The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will put online services behind age gates, expand the use of intrusive age verification, and undermine the privacy of all users.  The EU Kids Act aims to protect children from risks associated with social media, video games, and AI systems by introducing age-bas...

EFF Statement on California Governor's Executive Order on AI - California Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order is an opportunity for a needed, thoughtful conversation about artificial intelligence and its potential harms. Everyday Californians are feeling real anxiety about the risks of artificial intelligence, and as an organization that works to ensure technology empowers people, EFF welcomes this order as a way for the state of California to lead a much-...

Illinois Town Threatens to Destroy Award-Winning Garden, Violating State’s Right-to-Garden Law - The city of Danville is threatening to uproot an award-winning neighborhood garden, in violation of state law. The post Illinois Town Threatens to Destroy Award-Winning Garden, Violating State’s Right-to-Garden Law appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Federal Court Orders DHS to Stop Detaining People with Valid Identification and Halts Warrantless Construction Site Raids - MOBILE, Ala.—A federal judge in Alabama ordered immigration officers to stop warrantless raids of construction sites, to stop detaining construction workers without a reason to […] The post Federal Court Orders DHS to Stop Detaining People with Valid Identification and Halts Warrantless Construction Site Raids appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Clayton County Grants License to Salon Entrepreneur Who Brought Constitutional Lawsuit - Clayton County, Ga.—Over a year after Khalilah Few brought a lawsuit against Clayton County for unconstitutionally denying her a license to open a hair salon, […] The post Clayton County Grants License to Salon Entrepreneur Who Brought Constitutional Lawsuit appeared first on Institute for Justice.

TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 24, 2025 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that Taurus Holdings Inc. has renewed their commitment to the organization as a Platinum-level corporate partner. “At Taurus, we believe that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American way of life,” said Taurus USA The post TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP appear...

CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARRY PERMIT STARTING APRIL 22 - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 22, 2025 — Thanks to a preliminary injunction in the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) case CRPA v. LASD, starting Tuesday, April 22, non-resident SAF members can apply for a California carry permit.  The injunction requires that California accept permit applications from any United States resident outside the state who is a The post CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARR...

SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF WIN IN EIGHTH CIRCUIT STANDS - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 21, 2025 — In a case that could potentially have far-reaching implications for similar lawsuits across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Minnesota’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Jacobson v. Worth, the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) challenge to the 18-20-year-old carry ban in the state. Minnesota asked the The post SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF ...

Take Action: Stop State Gun Taxes & Fix the SHOT Act - LET’S PASS THESE BILLS! These two bills are marked up tomorrow, we need your help to pass them…. If you’re receiving this email, your Representative in Congress is on the House Judiciary Committee. That means we’ve got an important request for you. Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will be voting on two bills that matter to your Second Amendment rights: … Read more

GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 4, 2026  GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF)—along with Century Arms, Canik USA, B&T USA and Fostech—filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down “assault weapons” bans in Viramontes v. Cook County.  What that case comes d...

This Week In Gun Control - THIS WEEK IN THE FIGHT Here’s what you may have missed this week in the fight for the Second Amendment… Biden’s “Ghost Gun” rule was struck down by the courts. GOA’s case against it is still active. Gun shops are passing ATF inspections after selling suppressors with no registration. A foreign ransomware gang hacked ATF. A federal judge struck down … Read more

Dive Deposits: Barclays employees, union push back on RTO clampdown - A workers union wants exemptions and/or a one-off payment for employees with long commutes and those who provide long-term care. The bank is requiring U.K.-based staff to come in three days a week.

New Orleans de novo aims to challenge bigger-bank dominance - Nola Bank is the state’s first new lender since 2010 and is pursuing minority depository institution status, executives said.

Cross-border payments market heats up - Technological innovation has enabled fintechs to carve out a beachhead in cross-border payments, but banks still have cards to play.

3 takeaways from stress test changes and a new SVB review - Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman outlined three potential changes to stress-test calculations and an assessment of the central bank’s performance amid the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

FDIC’s Hill pushes faster merger review process - One element of the proposal would allow some acquisitions to be processed in as few as five days. The agency also proposed a rule intended to reinforce parity between state-chartered and national banks.

NJ bank's losses to mushroom as loan cleanup accelerates - BCB Bancorp says red ink may top $130 million in the third quarter, as its new CEO moves to address credit-quality issues.

Financial plans don't always instill confidence. Here's what advisors can do - Surveys from Fidelity and Edward Jones suggest that even clients with comprehensive plans and wealth don't always feel good about their financial future.

Overheated data center knocked 23 credit unions offline - Nine months before the outage, the NCUA told a federal council it may no longer need the authority to examine vendors like the one that failed.

Claude has entered the chat. Will tens of thousands of RIAs reply? - Anthropic lined up some of the biggest names in the industry for the rollout of Claude for Financial Advisors. But whether the tool is "revolutionary" or "just another integration," the hard work is just beginning for the AI firm and for its sole custody partner, Schwab Advisor Services.

The estate-tax trap that lurks below the federal exemption - State-level estate taxes can be imposed at much lower thresholds. From domiciles to the timing of moves, here's what financial advisors should keep in mind.

Pushing the monetary frontier: stablecoins and tokenised deposits - Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, 28 August 2026.

BIS residential property price statistics, Q1 2026 - Real global house prices declined by 1.2% year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2026.

Effective resolution strategies and plans for insurers – Executive Summary - The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) require resolution plans to be developed for all financial institutions, including insurers, that could be systemically significant or critical upon failure.

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with SNB Bancshares and Bank of Eufaula - Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with SNB Bancshares and Bank of Eufaula

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Northstar Bank, former employee of American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and former employee of Regions Bank - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Northstar Bank, former employee of American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and former employee of Regions Bank

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Press Release: FDIC Releases Results of Summary of Deposits Annual Survey - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 FDIC Releases Results of Summary of Deposits Annual Survey WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporati...

FDIC Board of Directors Meeting - BOARD MEETING | SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 FDIC Board of Directors Meeting Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Board of Directors met in o...