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Gold crosses a historic milestone, Fed says 'Yeah, but...' -
(Kitco News) - There’s an old saying that if you have to explain why something isn’t important, there is probably a reason people are paying attention to it.
Wall Street indecisive after gold price rollercoaster ride, Main Street clings to bullish majority as CPI takes center stage -
The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street split between bulls, bears, and fence-sitters after gold’s mercurial week, while Main Street pared back its bullish majority following another failed breakout.
Gold, silver prices slide as strong payrolls revive Fed-hike trade - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Friday, after a stronger-than-expected August employment report lifted Treasury yields, firmed the U.S. dollar and revived expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise rates at its Sept. 15-16 meeting.
Gold claws back from brutal jobs selloff as markets brace for key inflation data -
(Kitco News) - Gold bulls are not heading into the long weekend without a fight after stronger-than-expected employment data sparked a brutal selloff Friday morning.
Rising gold price and spiking global yields reflect investor fears about skyrocketing debt levels – Invesco’s Hamilton -
(Kitco News) – Investors are beginning to treat gold less as a tactical play and more as a strategic allocation as government debt levels continue to spiral higher, according to Christopher Hamilton, head of client solutions, Asia Pacific at Invesco.In an interview with CNBC on Thursday, Hamilton was asked what he thinks is behind the broad-based selloff in the global bond market.Hamilton point...
Gold never actually passed U.S. Treasuries as the world's preferred reserve asset – Fed’s Weiss -
(Kitco News) – Even though central banks have been ramping up their bullion purchases in recent years, a simple comparison of the value of U.S. treasuries and gold in countries’ official reserves is misleading, as gold’s price appreciation has been driven largely by private demand, while most official gold reserves are still held by countries that haven’t purchased any in over 50 years, ac...
Gold, silver sell off as strong payrolls revive Fed-hike trade - Kitco AM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply lower in early U.S. trading Friday, after a much stronger-than-expected August employment report lifted Treasury yields, firmed the U.S. dollar and revived expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise rates later this month.
Gold price hit with major selling as U.S. economy creates 162K jobs in August -
(Kitco News) - The gold market is seeing some dramatic selling pressure, with prices quickly dropping through initial support at $4,400 an ounce as the U.S. economy remains resilient, creating significantly more jobs than expected in August.
U.S. Treasury's interventions show weakness: ‘Incredibly bullish for gold’ – Adrian Day -
(Kitco News) – While the U.S. Treasury Department has made massive waves with their two recent interventions – one targeting the yen, and the other long-term yields – these did next to nothing to solve the real problems plaguing the dollar and the debt, and gold will be the inevitable beneficiary, according to Adrian Day, president of Adrian Day Asset Management.
Gold, silver rally as Fed’s Waller cuts September hike odds - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday, as Fed Governor Christopher Waller’s less-hawkish rate comments pulled Treasury yields lower, weakened the U.S. dollar and gave precious metals room to extend Wednesday’s rebound.
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Iran To Draw New "Restricted Zone" In Hormuz As Saudi Aramco Facility Hit Again, Oil Climbs -
Iran To Draw New "Restricted Zone" In Hormuz As Saudi Aramco Facility Hit Again, Oil Climbs
At a moment US officials have been boasting of more and more oil tankers making it through the Strait of Hormuz under US naval protection and support, Iran has previewed a new 'restricted zone' in the Gulf, which it says will be announced in the coming days.
The announcement is expected to ...
The Copper Chart Causing Alarm -
The Copper Chart Causing Alarm
Copper futures in London continue to move higher, once again approaching record highs, as US buyers purchase record volumes from the seaborne market, with imports reaching 200,000 tons in July. A phased US tariff would keep that buying in motion for longer, further tightening the ex-US market and limiting any near-term price correction in London tradi...
This Labor Day, A Look At Declining Role Of Unions In America -
This Labor Day, A Look At Declining Role Of Unions In America
Authored by Jeremy Lott via The Epoch Times,
Labor Day, celebrated this year on Sept. 7, is a holiday in transition.
It was created by American labor unions in the 1880s. The federal government recognizing it as a national holiday under President Grover Cleveland helped unions to gain prominence.
Yet as unionization...
Zelensky Expects War To Continue Through Winter, As Witkoff-Kushner Deliver 'Upbeat Assessment' From Putin Meeting -
Zelensky Expects War To Continue Through Winter, As Witkoff-Kushner Deliver 'Upbeat Assessment' From Putin Meeting
Despite Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner having delivered 'upbeat assessments' (per AFP) to Kiev after meeting with President Putin in Moscow over the weekend, Ukrainian President Zelensky has told his citizenry to prepare for a brutal winter, as the war is...
GOP Bets On Trumpapalooza To Defy Midterm History -
GOP Bets On Trumpapalooza To Defy Midterm History
Authored by Carolina Lumetta via RealClearPolitics,
Texas-based Republican strategist Rebecca Trahan is excited to see the first-ever GOP midterm convention come to Dallas next week. More specifically, she hopes it will bring yet more national attention and dollars to the Senate campaign for state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
"I...
Huawei Crashes Apple's Big Launch Week With $3,000 Trifold Smartphone -
Huawei Crashes Apple's Big Launch Week With $3,000 Trifold Smartphone
Two days before Apple's big launch event on Wednesday, when the company is expected to debut its long-awaited foldable iPhone, Huawei Technologies and Xiaomi are unveiling their premium foldable smartphones.
Huawei on Monday unveiled its Mate XT 2, a trifold smartphone that unfolds into a 10.2-inch tablet. The s...
Futures Drop As Iran Hostilities Send Brent To 6 Week High Above $97 -
Futures Drop As Iran Hostilities Send Brent To 6 Week High Above $97
US stock futures slipped in cautious, low volume trading as the latest Middle East escalation pushed oil prices higher, lifting bond yields in Europe and Asia. As of 9:00am ET, S&P futures were down 0.2% with Nasdaq futures modestly in the red despite solid performance for tech stocks earlier in the session, which ...
Central Banks Bought 23 Tonnes Of Gold In July -
Central Banks Bought 23 Tonnes Of Gold In July
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
Central banks worldwide purchased a net 23 tonnes of gold in July, in line with the overall yearly trend, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).
Gold bars weighing 1000 grams each are displayed at the Austrian Gold and Silver Refinery (Oegussa) in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 3, 2026...
USS Abraham Lincoln Returning Home After Being "Sunk" Three Times By Iran -
USS Abraham Lincoln Returning Home After Being "Sunk" Three Times By Iran
In yet another example of Iranian social media claims not matching up with reality, the nuclear powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home after a 286 day deployment and 5 days of rest at port in Thailand. The ship was untouched by any signs of combat, despite the IRGC claimi...
New York Rediscovers Nuclear Power, With Plenty Of Political Fine Print -
New York Rediscovers Nuclear Power, With Plenty Of Political Fine Print
Five years after Indian Point’s last reactor shut down, Albany rediscovered the appeal of electricity that runs around the clock without burning fossil fuels.
Governor Kathy Hochul wants 5 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity, with at least 1 GW developed by the publicly owned New York Power Authority, plus a sep...
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Can China lure European central bank gold reserves from U.S.? -
By Emma MaSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongMonday, September 7, 2026
https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3366640/golden-opportunity-can-china-lure-european-central-bank-gold-reserves-us
Amid persistent geopolitical strains and growing concerns over the weaponisation of the US dollar, European central banks have continued shifting gold reserves away from US vaults -- with the l...
Prime minister fails to diminish India's love for gold -
By Chris Kay and Krishn KaushikFinancial Times, LondonMonday, September 7, 2026
Indians are ignoring calls by Narendra Modi's government to curb gold purchases, according to the country's biggest jewellery retailer.
Profits at Titan -- part of the Tata conglomerate -- rose by 63% while footfall also increased in the most recent quarter. Jewelry accounts for the vast majority of the chain's earn...
Russian gold floods through Hong Kong following Western sanctions -
By William Sandlund and Haohsiang KoFinancial Times, LondonSunday, September 6, 2026
Russian gold shipments to Hong Kong have surged this year as the Chinese territory becomes a top trading centre for bullion placed under sanctions by the West.
The shift comes at a time when Asian hubs are vying to control more of the global gold trade that has traditionally centred on London, New York, and Dub...
China expands currency swap with Egypt as trade ties reach new heights -
By Jevans NyabiageSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongSaturday, September 5, 2026
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366430/china-expands-currency-swap-egypt-trade-ties-reach-new-heights
Egypt's expanded currency swap with China may help bring the yuan into wider use in trade and investment, but experts say any reduced reliance on the US dollar will not happen in a hurry.
Chinese...
Ronan Manly: It's more than a bull market in gold but a change in the financial system -
9a ET Saturday, September 5, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Bullion Star's Ronan Manly returns today with a comprehensive review of gold's revival during the last decade, which, he writes, is far more than a rally in price but its return to the center of the world financial system.
Manly writes: "While the financial media's labelling of the price action as a 'gold bull market' is technical...
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XRP Open Interest Recovers as Analyst Flags ‘Unusual Structure’ -
XRP derivatives exposure is returning after a sharp late-August contraction, but aggressive selling continues across perpetual and spot markets. A new analysis suggests bearish taker-side positioning remains active even as the token’s price shows resilience. XRP Open Interest Rebounds From Late-August Contraction XRP’s seven-day open-interest change moved from negative 27% on Aug. 29 to positiv...
Trader Wins 26 Bets in a Row; Zcash and Strategy Shorts Are Bleeding -
A Hyperliquid trader with 26 consecutive wins is $5.3 million underwater on an $18.95 million ZEC short, with liquidation at $1,317, roughly 10% above where zcash trades currently. $1,317 Is the Number on the Screen A Hyperbot dashboard revealed the trader’s potentially unfortunate story in one row: Short 15,784.87 ZEC, cross margin at 5x, entry […]
HYPE Price Hits Record $89.67 as UBS, Jane Street Hold HYPE ETFs -
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has surged to a record $89.67 as fresh exchange-traded fund (ETF) buying and institutional holdings reinforce demand. Bitwise’s BHYP has now accumulated $166.3 million since launch, while known institutional holders across HYPE ETFs include UBS, Bank of Montreal, and Jane Street. HYPE Gains 176% in Six Months as ETF Assets Reach $481M […]
From XRP Pioneer to AI-Powered Trading: How Bitrue Built an Exchange for What’s Next -
On most exchanges, XRP appears as a secondary listing—a sidebar, not a main stage. That choice reflects a philosophy: XRP is an asset among assets. On Bitrue, XRP isn’t a listing. It’s infrastructure. That single structural difference—XRP as a base pair rather than an afterthought—has compounded over eight years into something unusual: an exchange that […]
Bitcoin Price Rejected at $80.5K as Bulls Scramble to Defend $79K -
Bitcoin’s price was trading between $79,300 and $79,500 on Sept. 7 after a significant rejection from $80,537 left its short-term price action caught between fading momentum and a still-constructive daily trend. The market remains inside a $79,013-$80,537 intraday range, putting those boundaries firmly in the cards as the levels that could determine what comes next. […]
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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.
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How to Beat an Empire: The Founders’ Ignored Blueprint -
Paul Revere rode into Philadelphia on Sept 16, 1774 with urgent business for the First Continental Congress. His task? Deliver a document from Boston - a blueprint for total resistance. If adopted, secession from the British Empire would be unavoidable. On this episode, it’s Joseph Warren’s forgotten and ignored Suffolk Resolves: The American Revolution’s step-by-step guide for defeating tyrann...
You Don’t Have “2nd Amendment Rights.” You Just Have Rights. -
Millions of people today refer to their rights by amendment number, as if they get them FROM the Bill of Rights. Like referring to their right to keep and bear arms as their “2nd Amendment Rights.” But the founders saw things far differently. The words on paper aren’t a permission slip for the people. They aren’t a “gun permit.” They are a restraining order for government: hands off our natural...
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Court Rules Against Citizen Journalists in DMCA Takedown Case—EFF Will Appeal -
A federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that copyright holders can issue online takedown notices based on a subjective belief of copyright infringement, even when that belief is unreasonable and self-serving. The case was brought by our client, Channel 781 News, after takedown notices temporarily shut down the citizen journalism group's YouTube channel. We think the court set the bar far too...
Texas and Florida Step Back from ALPRs -
Within the last few days, two important state actions have dealt a big blow to automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. This is just the latest proof of the growing tide of public opposition to mass surveillance. After years of successful grassroots battles to pull these cameras from local streets, bipartisan momentum is sweeping the country.
On August 28, Texas Governor Greg Abbott bann...
Judge Rules DOD Unlawfully Retaliated Against Anthropic -
A federal judge has sided with Anthropic on its claims that the Department of Defense illegally retaliated against Anthropic’s protected speech by labeling the AI company a “supply chain risk.” The judge found that designation, intended to penalize Anthropic for telling the U.S. military it would not allow their technology to be used for mass surveillance of U.S. persons, “constituted unlawful ...
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Freeport, Texas, Family to Appeal in Case to Keep Their Land From Port’s Eminent Domain Abuse -
Freeport, Texas—Yesterday, a Texas trial court granted a motion for summary judgment against a group of property owners in Freeport’s historically Black community of East […]
The post Freeport, Texas, Family to Appeal in Case to Keep Their Land From Port’s Eminent Domain Abuse appeared first on Institute for Justice.
FinCEN Renews Financial Surveillance Order Declared Illegal in 9th Circuit -
ARLINGTON, Va.—Yesterday, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reissued an order requiring certain businesses in targeted ZIP codes in New Mexico and Texas to report […]
The post FinCEN Renews Financial Surveillance Order Declared Illegal in 9th Circuit appeared first on Institute for Justice.
US Citizen and Construction Worker Wins First Round in His Lawsuit Over Repeated Unconstitutional Detentions -
MOBILE, Ala.—A judge in Alabama granted Leo Garcia Venegas, an American citizen and construction worker, a first-round victory in his federal lawsuit aimed at stopping unconstitutional raids […]
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Second Amendment Foundation
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
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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
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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
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Gun Owners of America
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
PA: Legalize Suppressors -
Let’s Eliminate Suppressor and SBR/SBS Restrictions in Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians should NEVER be treated like criminals for exercising their constitutionally-protected rights. Yet under Pennsylvania’s archaic Title 18, Section 908, law-abiding citizens face state criminal charges simply for possessing suppressors (hearing protection) and short-barreled firearms—tools that are widely owned acr...
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