Precious Metals and Market News

Gold slips below $4,600 as yields, dollar firm after PCE - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday, after hotter-than-expected PCE inflation lifted Treasury yields, firmed the U.S. dollar and forced profit-taking across precious metals ahead of Nvidia earnings and Friday’s Jackson Hole speech.

China’s ‘Gold Road’ initiative is central to its national security, de-dollarization, and Global South strategies – S&P Global - (Kitco News) – Gold is a “strategic mineral” to the Chinese government and plays a central role not only in the country’s long-term economic policies, but also in its national security strategy – and the international “Gold Road” initiative is a central component in all of this, according to a new analysis from S&P Global.

Warsh needs to address ‘many outstanding questions about Fed policymaking’ at Jackson Hole – Natixis - (Kitco News) – The Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming will offer new chair Kevin Warsh the opportunity to lay out his vision for the central bank – and to address some early missteps and omissions, according to Natixis.Economists Christopher Hodge and Selin Aker wrote in Natixis’ Jackson Hole preview that Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has his work cut out for him at this week’s...

$5,000 gold is back in play, and $10,000 is a matter of 'when, not if' - State Street’s Doshi - (Kitco News) - Gold’s recent correction appears to have done little to damage its long-term investment case, and with concerns over unsustainable sovereign debt returning to the forefront of global financial markets, one strategist sees $5,000 an ounce by year-end firmly back in play.

Gold fades after PCE keeps September Fed hike live - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are lower in early U.S. trading Wednesday, after July PCE inflation came in slightly hotter than expected and pushed Treasury yields higher ahead of Friday’s Jackson Hole remarks.

Gold prices see some profit taking as US economy rises 1.5% in Q2, PCE inflation rises 0.2% - (Kitco News) - Relatively steady economic data is prompting some investors to take profits in gold and silver as the Federal Reserve remains on track to raise interest rates to bring inflationary pressures under control.

Gold price falls to session low $4,612/oz after U.S. durable goods rise 1.1% in July - (Kitco News) - The gold market is trading near session lows after the latest economic data showed sales of durable goods last month beat expectations.The Commerce Department announced Wednesday that U.S. durable goods orders rose 1.1% in July, following June’s unrevised increase of 0.3%. The data was above expectations, as the consensus view of economists called for an increase of 0.5%.

Gold is having its best month since 1999. A former banker told me most people still aren't protected - (Kitco News) - Five up weeks. On pace for the best month since 1999. And at around $4,650, gold is still nowhere near the record it set in late January.

Gold edges higher as yields fall, silver slips on profit-taking - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices were slightly higher and spot silver prices were weaker in late U.S. trading Tuesday, as lower Treasury yields and softer U.S. economic data supported gold while profit-taking weighed on silver after its recent advance.

Natixis raises gold price target to $5,000 as U.S. debt and bond market fears mount - (Kitco News) - After a months-long correction, gold prices appear to be back on the path to $5,000 an ounce, according to one market analyst.

University Of Maryland Warns Trump's Four-Year Visa Cap Could Crush Graduate Enrollment By 30% - University Of Maryland Warns Trump's Four-Year Visa Cap Could Crush Graduate Enrollment By 30% The Trump administration is overhauling rules governing the length of stay for international students and exchange visitors, replacing a decades-old system with a fixed period of up to four years. Beginning Sept. 15, most people entering on F-1 and J-1 visas will no longer be admitted fo...

Hormuz And The Law Of Diminishing Returns: When Leverage Burns - Hormuz And The Law Of Diminishing Returns: When Leverage Burns Authored by Tamuz Itai via The Epoch Times, For months, the assumption that the Strait of Hormuz was Tehran's ultimate card dominated commentary on the war. Vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on Aug. 10, 2026. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images As a narrow waterw...

Pennsylvania Reports Two Deaths From Measles As US Cases Hit Highest Level Since 1991 - Pennsylvania Reports Two Deaths From Measles As US Cases Hit Highest Level Since 1991 Two people have died in connection with measles in Pennsylvania, state health officials announced on August 25. A health worker prepares a measles vaccine at a government health center amid a vaccination campaign, in Nejapa, El Salvador, on April 10, 2026. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas The Pennsylvania De...

Waste Of The Day: Deficit Could Surpass $2 Trillion - Waste Of The Day: Deficit Could Surpass $2 Trillion Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, The federal deficit will be $2.1 trillion when fiscal year 2026 ends on Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office projected in its monthly budget review. The deficit - the gap between what the government spends and what it collects from taxes and other revenue - has never s...

US Officials Reveal Reason For CIA Chief's Surprise Moscow Visit - US Officials Reveal Reason For CIA Chief's Surprise Moscow Visit Update(2030ET): The Wall Street Journal has late in the day Wednesday revealed the reason for CIA John Ratcliffe's surprise visit to Moscow yesterday where he met with top Kremlin intelligence leaders, citing officials. It was to warn against attacking NATO countries, says the Journal: The surprise visit by the dire...

How Many $2,500 Foldable iPhones Will Apple Ship In Year One? IDC Has The Answer - How Many $2,500 Foldable iPhones Will Apple Ship In Year One? IDC Has The Answer Apple is set to unveil its first foldable iPhone at the company's September 9 product event at 1300 ET. Ahead of what could be Apple's biggest handset launch in many years, technology market research firm International Data Corporation, better known as IDC, issued a new forecast estimating just how ...

Japan Holds Off On New Oil Reserve Release Despite September Import Drop - Japan Holds Off On New Oil Reserve Release Despite September Import Drop Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Japan expects its oil imports next month to be lower than this month's but has no plans to release additional crude from storage, the country's economy minister said. Oil imports next month are seen at 80% of the average monthly for 2025, Ryosei Akazawa said, as quo...

Iran Says Persian-Language Media Outlets 'Funded By CIA' Are Military Targets - Iran Says Persian-Language Media Outlets 'Funded By CIA' Are Military Targets One key tool Washington has long utilized for influence operations and covert regime change plotting abroad has long been the establishment of foreign media for political messaging. The idea is that a foreign language satellite news channel gets presented as 'independent' while in reality it beams propag...

India's Crude Import Bill Surges As Hormuz Shipping Rates Soar - India's Crude Import Bill Surges As Hormuz Shipping Rates Soar Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, India's crude oil import bill has soared since the Iran war choked Middle Eastern oil supply, raised benchmark crude prices, quadrupled freight rates, and boosted insurance on a single Strait of Hormuz voyage to never-before-seen highs. India has been paying elevated ...

Activist Obama Judge Bends The Knee, Lifts Block On Trump's Mail-In Ballot Restrictions After USSC Ruling - Activist Obama Judge Bends The Knee, Lifts Block On Trump's Mail-In Ballot Restrictions After USSC Ruling A federal judge in Massachusetts on Wednesday lifted her own order blocking the postal service from implementing election integrity measures for mail-in ballots.  US District Judge Indira Talwani issued the block after the League of Women Voters challenged proposed USPS rule...

CrowdStrike’s stock soars after AI fuels the cybersecurity company’s ‘best quarter in history’ - Shares of CrowdStrike Holdings were roaring after the cybersecurity company revealed a record-breaking quarter, one partially boosted by fears about the power of artificial intelligence.

Fed’s Lisa Cook denies committing mortgage fraud, says Trump has no grounds to remove her from office - Cook’s lawyer says she made an inadvertent error listing her apartment in Atlanta as a primary residence

Salesforce’s stock gets an Anthropic boost — and more highlights from earnings - Salesforce cleared Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations and deepened its ties with AI lab Anthropic.

Am I too old for Roth conversions? I’m 84 and my wife is 77. We have $8 million saved. - “We are reluctant to pay a financial adviser 2% of assets — roughly $160,000 per year.”

I just had my first baby and don’t want to go back to work. Is quitting for a year a bad idea? - “I really don’t want to miss my baby’s first year.”

‘There is considerable tension’: My grandmother, 99, wants to cut my mother out of her will. Should I intervene? - “Grandma feels that she was pressured by my mother into taking out a $50,000 HELOC.”

Meta dodges ‘Big Tobacco’ nightmare with $18 billion settlement in child-safety lawsuit - The social-media giant’s agreement with state officials removes a cloud that was hanging over its stock, analysts say.

I’m turning 70. Here’s how I’m making this decade the richest of my retirement. - Tweaking my finances, work and life as I go from the “go-go” years to the “slow-go” years.

‘The relationship quickly deteriorated’: My friend’s lawyer settled his injury case without his consent. What can he do? - “His former lawyer is now holding the settlement funds, maintaining that he is entitled to attorney’s fees.”

Does a 2% beneficiary inherit 100% if the 98% beneficiary dies in a car accident? Asking for a friend. - “I’m curious what would happen if the account owner were to die suddenly at the same time as the 98% beneficiary.”

Nvidia earnings takeaways: Huang forecasts 70% fiscal 2028 revenue growth, far above estimates - Nvidia reported better-than-expected results and issued guidance that sailed past analyst estimates.

Salesforce stock jumps 12% on AI growth and Anthropic investment gain - Salesforce's Anthropic stake led to higher profit in the latest quarter.

China industrial profit growth in July slumps to 7-month low of 11.2% - Industrial corporate profitability has seen a notable turnaround, swinging from years of declines since 2021 and barely positive growth last year, to double-digit gains this year.

Stock futures rise as Nvidia shares jump 4% after earnings: Live updates - Investors looked at the earnings report from Nvidia, which surpassed analyst forecasts.

Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion - Meta and state attorneys general settled a federal trial centering on allegations that company misrepresented the extent of child-related mental health harms.

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows core prices rose 3.3% annually in July - The personal consumption expenditures price index was expected to rise 0.1% monthly and 3.6% on a 12-month basis, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

Stanley Druckenmiller leads doubters who think Bessent's bond ploys will fail - The bond market interventions have generated a modest decline in yields along with a growing chorus of derision.

China needs U.S. dollars but is building a hedge against Washington’s sanctions - The U.S. can pressure Chinese banks over Iran through access to its financial system, while Beijing is building alternatives such as CIPS.

Bessent could tap near $1 trillion Treasury General Account to fund bond buybacks, sources said - Using the TGA would provide the Treasury with considerable firepower to influence long-term bond yields.

'They asked too much': Canadian dollar slides as Ottawa and Washington head for all-out trade war - "As a smaller, more open economy, Canada has more to lose from this," ING strategists said Monday.

China plans a gold-convertible renminbi to internationalize it - How a Chinese Gold Vault Network Could Bolster Yuan's Role Julie ZhangSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongTuesday, August 25, 2026 https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3365092/gold-strategy-why-chinese-global-network-vaults-would-bolster-yuans-trade-role China is building a global network of gold vaults and accelerating central bank reserve buying as part of efforts to promote th...

Ghana bars unrefined artisanal gold dore exports from September 1 - By Emmanuel BruceReutersTuesday, August 25, 2026 Ghana's GoldBod has ordered that artisanal gold dore purchased by self-financing aggregators for export must be refined ​locally from September 1, effectively banning exports of unrefined ‌dore under those arrangements, according to a statement. The directive is the latest step in GoldBod's tightening grip on Ghana's vast artisanal gold sector, m...

Fidelity fund doubles gold holdings on uncertainty over Fed - By Yihui XieBloomberg NewsMonday, August 24, 2026 A portfolio manager at Fidelity International Ltd. has doubled his fund's gold holdings over the past three weeks, citing increasing uncertainty over U.S. Federal Reserve policy as a catalyst. After raising the proportion of bullion in the fund to a self-imposed limit of 5%, George Efstathopoulos said he would consider lifting this ceiling shoul...

South Korea's central bank wanted more gold but ended up with shares of GLD instead - They haven't yet figured out that GLD is just unredeemable paper, easily revoked, seized, or frozen. * * * Why Is Bank of Korea Buying Gold Again? By Im Eun-byelKorea Herald, SeoulSunday, August 23, 2026 After more than a decade, the Bank of Korea is back on a gold-buying spree, raising its exposure to the precious metal as it joins central banks around the world in diversifying their foreign r...

Bessent's bond maneuvers give debasement trade new life - By Greg Ritchie, Denitsa Tsekova, and Isabelle LeeBloomberg Newsvia The Straits Times, SingaporeFriday, August 21, 2026 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's bid to tame U.S. borrowing costs knocked down long-term yields for barely a day. The more lasting market signal: The dollar weakened while gold and Bitcoin rallied, reinforcing a debasement trade fueled by swelling U.S. deficits and conc...

How Americans Spent their Trillions of Inflation-Adjusted Dollars on Goods & Services and How that Changed since 2015 - Spending on healthcare services, which blew by housing in 2023, continues to soar. But the big splurge on recreational goods & vehicles flipped this year.

Inflation Refuses to Go Back into the Bottle: Fed-Favored PCE Price Index - AI has begun exacting its pound of flesh directly from consumers. And “Core Services” inflation remains hot.

Credit Card Delinquencies, Payment Volume, Balances, Debt-to-Income, Credit Limits in Q2 2026: Americans and their Plastic - Credit cards are $4.3 trillion away from being “tapped out.”

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 ...

What Is A "Legal Tender Law"? And, Is It A Problem? - What is a legal tender law? Over the years, there has been some discussion about “legal tender laws” in the United States. I talked to a legal expert about it, and discovered – as I suspected – that ...

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, ...

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 ...

Floridians could soon be able to use gold and silver to pay for things - You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday that would recognize gold and silver as legal tender in the ...

SEC resurrecting U.S. crypto custody rule the previous administration failed to land - In 2023, the regulator tried to narrowly restrict the places investment advisers could park clients' crypto assets, but the new approach is still shrouded in secrecy.

Nvidia shares rise after earnings top estimates, guides to $108 billion in revenue next quarter - The tech bellwether reported fiscal second-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday.

South Korea’s top financial conglomerate team up with Visa to test stablecoin issuance and B2B settlements - Shinhan Financial Group will use Visa’s platform to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption while building new AI-powered payment models.

Crypto Long & Short: Tokenized equities: the model underneath the trade - In this week's Crypto Long & Short, CoinDesk's Joshua DeVos writes that demand for tokenized equities is accelerating fast, from $16 billion to more than $590 billion in perpetual futures in a single year, but that the headline growth hides the question that matters most. Two tokens can trade under the same ticker while granting entirely different rights, and the structure underneath, whether i...

Ethereum developers propose first step to protect ETH staking from quantum attacks - A draft proposal would allow validators to deposit with quantum-resistant keys, then permanently stop accepting the format the network runs on today.

The evidence doesn't support the banks' case against stablecoin rewards -
Dallas Fed warns tokenized deposits could strip $700 billion from U.S. banks' lending capacity - Programmable deposits and AI agents may enable instantaneous, automated bank switching for higher yields, driving up bank funding costs.

ECB claims digital euro will offer 'maximum level of privacy' amid surveillance fears - Central bank officials say the Eurosystem will be structurally unable to link users to purchases, but civil society groups remain skeptical.

The 3 catalysts that could define bitcoin's next move - Your day-ahead look for Aug. 26, 2026

Bitcoin takes a breather after adding 23% in 7 days as ETF demand holds steady - The price of bitcoin fell to $79,000 on Wednesday after gaining 23% in seven days as August ETF inflows climbed above $3 billion.

FBI Seizes Chinese Hacking Platforms Used to Target US Agencies - Federal authorities shut down two online tools that Chinese government-backed hackers allegedly used to attack major U.S. agencies. The platforms helped the hackers find vulnerable devices and make their attacks appear to come from other locations. FBI Takes QScan and QTRouter Offline Federal authorities disabled two interconnected hacking platforms on Aug. 26 by seizing domains […]

Core Lightning Team Sounds the Alarm as AI Uncovers Critical Flaws - On Wednesday, Core Lightning maintainers said that several vulnerabilities were found in Core Lightning (CLN), Blockstream’s Lightning implementation. Reports further say artificial intelligence (AI)-based CVE reports disclosed the issues, and maintainers are telling node runners to install an upcoming emergency update when it becomes available. Core Lightning Maintainers Race to Deliver Emerge...

Bitcoin Price Eyes $100K as Prediction Markets, Wall Street Weigh In - Prediction market traders are throwing millions of dollars behind bitcoin price targets stretching from $50,000 to $150,000, and the money on the board shows just how divided the crowd remains over what comes next. At the same time, the equity, macro, and quantitative research firm Bernstein and analyst Gautam Chhugani envisions six-digit bitcoin prices coming […]

Defillama’s New Crypto Ratings Put 128 Tokens Under the Lens - On Wednesday, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Defillama and the Web3 investment bank Forgd announced the launch of Universal Token Ratings, a rating system for digital assets similar to the evaluation framework used by the credit rating agencies Moody’s and Fitch. Universal Token Ratings Bring Wall Street-Style Grades to Crypto Over 100 tokens so far […]

Moody’s Backs Treasury Task Force as Quantum Threats Put Crypto on Alert - Over the last year, people have been urging the financial sector to prepare quantum readiness and this week, the U.S. Treasury published an announcement revealing a task force dedicated to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent insisted that America’s economy must remain “strong, secure, and competitive” amid these technological advancements. Treasury Launches ...

High School's Ordering Parents to Remove Pink "XX" Protest Wristbands at Girls' Soccer Game Likely Violated First Amendment - "The characteristics of the school as a place of learning reinforce that administrators cannot favor one side of a debate involving parental speech on an issue of prominent public concern, and which, in those parents' views, concerned the safety of their children."

Prosecution of Congresswoman for Assaulting and Impeding Federal Officials at ICE Delaney Hall Detention Facility Can Continue - Some excerpts from the long opinion in U.S. v. McIver, written by Third Circuit Judge Cindy Chung and joined by… The post Prosecution of Congresswoman for Assaulting and Impeding Federal Officials at ICE Delaney Hall Detention Facility Can Continue appeared first on Reason.com.

Court Upholds N.Y. Law Mandating Platforms Post Terms of Service and Report How Content Moderation Policies Have Been Enforced - From Judge John Cronan (S.D.N.Y.) today in X Corp. v. James: Businesses might not always want to share every detail… The post Court Upholds N.Y. Law Mandating Platforms Post Terms of Service and Report How Content Moderation Policies Have Been Enforced appeared first on Reason.com.

A Federal Judge Just Struck Down Texas' Anti-Drag Law, Again - A Texas law restricting “sexually oriented performances” was struck down after a federal judge said it could apply to everything from cheerleading to karaoke to performances by Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, and Miley Cyrus.

Florida Students Punished for Silent Protest Against ICE Get Free Speech Victory in Federal Court - A federal judge sided with the Florida International University students who sued over their school's student expression policy. 

Dolly Parton Knew What She Was Doing - The country icon was a woman of contradictions. Or was she?

The Backlash Against Data Centers Is Bipartisan, Nationwide, and Wrong - From Texas to Ohio, political candidates are backing voters’ bad arguments for opposing data centers.

What Is "Reasonable" Gun Control? - According to the Gun Control Lobbies, Everything, Including Prohibition

Suspension of Couple's Gun Rights Because Their College Student Daughter Drew Allegedly Threatening Images Violated Second Amendment - A police investigation had "verified that Plaintiffs' weapons were secured in a safe and that their daughter did not have access to them."

Trump Threatens To Demolish Kennedy Center Unless He Can Put His Name on It - Just like he's doing with the White House ballroom, Trump suggests he would rather bulldoze a federal structure and build something else in its place, no matter what the law says.

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...

The Welfare Trap: Benjamin Franklin’s Forgotten Warning - Politicians tell us that welfare programs are absolutely necessary - and helpful. But they ignore the fatal trap that Benjamin Franklin uncovered over 250 years ago: The more you subsidize something, the more you get - government welfare programs make things worse. The post The Welfare Trap: Benjamin Franklin’s Forgotten Warning appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

The 17th Amendment Broke the Founders Kill Switch - 1913 was a really bad year. And one of the biggest changes came from the 17th Amendment. It didn’t just alter the way federal senators are chosen, it actually broke a process the framers built into the system: A constitutional KILL SWITCH to end the federal government. On this episode, it’s the “absolute safeguard” - the lost nuclear option for the states that the government-run schools never t...

EFF's Policy Position on ALPR Surveillance: Eliminate It and Reduce Its Harms - Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) build a searchable map of everywhere a driver goes, fed into databases that police, ICE, and private vendors can query after the fact. Networked across a city, ALPRs are purpose-built to track everyone regardless of suspicion. ALPRs are not a surveillance tool that can be made safe with the right policy or feature update—they are irredeemably harmful. EFF...

EFF Statement on Meta Settlement - Under this settlement, young users will now have less access to Meta products, and a lesser ability to exercise their rights to speak, access information and art and culture, associate and form communities, and play. The settlement also embeds age assurance into every product, mandating the collection of even more personal information from users of all ages; this enshrines Meta's harmful survei...

French Top Court Gets It Right, Strikes Down Social Media Ban For Youths - Earlier this month, France’s top court struck down the country’s legislation that banned social media use for people under 15 years old, which had been scheduled to take effect in January 2027. This is a welcome win for free expression, as we face a wave of countries and U.S. states seeking to pass similar laws banning young people from social media.  In particular, the Constitutional Council’s...

Support Pours in for Ranchers’ Supreme Court Battle with Pipeline Company Wielding Eminent Domain Power - ARLINGTON, Va.—With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to consider a case with massive implications for property owners across the country, support poured in for a […] The post Support Pours in for Ranchers’ Supreme Court Battle with Pipeline Company Wielding Eminent Domain Power appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Victory! Humboldt County Settles Landmark Lawsuit, Ending Ruinous Fine System That Punished Innocent California Homeowners - Five Humboldt County property owners, represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), have reached a settlement with Humboldt County that dismantles the code-enforcement system the […] The post Victory! Humboldt County Settles Landmark Lawsuit, Ending Ruinous Fine System That Punished Innocent California Homeowners appeared first on Institute for Justice.

14 States; Civil Rights, Education, and Religious Groups; and Leading Scholar Urge Supreme Court to Grant Special Education Petition - WASHINGTON— Yesterday, a broad coalition of amici—including a 14-state coalition led by South Carolina and West Virginia, ExcelinEd, the Alliance Defending Freedom, and the New […] The post 14 States; Civil Rights, Education, and Religious Groups; and Leading Scholar Urge Supreme Court to Grant Special Education Petition 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 ...

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...

NFA Victory FAQ: What Gun Owners Need to Know - On August 5, 2026, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the National Firearms Act’s registration requirements are unconstitutional for certain firearms whose NFA tax has been reduced to $0. This ruling was thanks to GOA’s historic “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit.”  Since then, we’ve received thousands of questions about what the ruling means for gun owners. Here are the answers we have right now to s...

THIS WEEK: Here’s Where Things Stand! - THIS WEEK IN GUN RIGHTS! At GOA, we’ve been hard at work fighting for your Second Amendment rights, here’s a recap of the things you should know… A federal judge ruled the registration requirements on short, barreled firearms and suppressors are unconstitutional. DOJ had a week to appeal the stay and let it pass. On midnight, when the stay expired, two … Read more

Boston fintech incubator seeks funding boost - Qubic Labs has supported about 70 companies and helped raise $40 million for blockchain and digital asset-related projects. After running into funding issues, it’s turning to its community for help.

Trump lawyers blast Capital One’s AML narrative in account closures - The bank “reviewed and cleared” Trump-connected transactions – only to re-examine them and decide to debank the president before gathering evidence, attorneys argued.

Florida credit union to acquire bank, rebrand itself - Gulf Winds Credit Union’s proposed acquisition of Madison County Community Bank marks the sixth whole-bank purchase by a credit union announced this year.

RTP gears up for international reach - BNY and other banks are preparing for a pilot next year that will stretch the real-time payments network across borders.

Treasury to help financial firms transition to quantum-resistant encryption - The government is concerned that hackers could someday decrypt financial information and other secrets using code-breaking quantum computers.

Cook denies 'intentional wrongdoing' as Trump seeks ouster - Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook pushed back against the Trump administration's second attempt to remove her from the central bank over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud.

Vanguard's Altruist purchase could break open RIA custody market - Industry experts say custodial firms' services have largely become "commoditized." The acquisition of Altruist opens the door for Vanguard to have cutting-edge services related to tax planning, cash sorting and more.

Banks ended aid to minority borrowers before official ban - The Trump administration issued guidance Tuesday forbidding a set of lending programs meant to combat discrimination. But banks saw the government's action coming — and some had already dismantled their programs.

Non-QM RMBS reaches $78B despite rising impairments - Non-QM securitizations hit $78B as lenders ease guidelines to capture unserved borrower demand, even as total impairments rise for the 10th time in 13 months to 6.27%.

IBD Elite 2026: The firms with the largest percentage of women advisors - More than half of the independent brokerages participating in this year's IBD Elite study declined to disclose the share of women among financial advisors at their firms. Those that did provide data have done more to advance women than many of their rivals in the independent brokerage channel of wealth management.

Supervisory screening with large language models: finding divergences - by Fernando Perez-Cruz, Kumar Rishabh, Ayush UchilWe develop a procedure based on large language models to help supervisors review prospectuses against capital rules. This procedure ranks potential divergences for their consideration. We apply it to Additional Tier 1 (AT1) prospectuses from European global systemically important banks.

Settlement liquidity in the Colombian large-value payment system: the role of reserve requirements - by Freddy Cepeda-Lopéz, Fredy Gamboa, Javier Miguelez-MárquezThis paper analyzes the intraday timing of transactions in Colombia's large-value payment system (CUD) from 2018 to 2025, focusing on how changes in reserve requirements affect liquidity management by financial institutions. Using high-frequency transaction data, we document that reductions in reserve requirements in April 2020 and Se...

Hard to shift, easy to reshape: central bank reserve demand and frictions - by Mathias Drehmann, Xuewen FuHow far can central banks shrink their balance sheets? The answer sets the limits to quantitative tightening (QT), and depends critically on the demand for reserves and whether the drivers widely thought to have increased it over the past decade actually do so. We assess the impact of three such drivers: post-crisis liquidity regulation, monetization frictions, and...

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026 - Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by National Westminster Bank Plc

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Regions Bank and former employee of United Community Bank - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Regions Bank and former employee of United Community Bank

Press Release: FDIC-Insured Institutions Reported Return on Assets of 1.37 Percent and Net Income of $90.1 Billion in Second Quarter 2026 - PRESS RELEASE | AUGUST 25, 2026 FDIC-Insured Institutions Reported Return on Assets of 1.37 Percent and Net Income of $90.1 Billion in Second Quarter 2026 ...

Press Release: Second Federal Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia Assumes All Deposits of Tioga-Franklin Savings Bank, Philadelphia - PRESS RELEASE | AUGUST 21, 2026 Second Federal Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia Assumes All Deposits of Tioga-Franklin Savings Bank, Philadelphia ...