[Yahoo Finance] Small biz mood darkens amid ‘roller coaster’ of Delta variant, hiring ‘struggle’ [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond Market Like a [...]

[Reuters] U.S. consumer sentiment plummets in early August to decade low [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Wall Street Is the Most Bullish on Stocks in Almost Two Decades [...]

Weekly Hard Asset Insights By David McAlvany Shifting Sentiment: What’s Really Transitory? It was another active week for markets and market relevant news. [...]

We shouldn’t read too much into one month of weak Chinese Credit data. July’s growth in Aggregate Financing (system Credit) slumped to $164 billion, [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Steady as Europe Extends Win Streak: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steady as Covid Return Casts Shadow Over Demand Outlook [...]

Gold saw a sharp correction Friday and Sunday evening, which led to the metal hitting a key support level and bouncing off of it, to push back up to $1750 [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Copper Gains on Strike Threat; U.S. Stocks Steady: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Asian shares fall as Delta fears eclipse Wall Street uptick [...]

August 15, 1971, Nixon ends dollar convertibility to gold Since 1971, Dollar moves from 1/35 of an ounce to 1/1700 an ounce of gold Summer of 2021 is just as [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Turn Higher With Bonds on Inflation Data: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil drops below $70 as U.S. urges OPEC+ to pump more [Reuters] Gold [...]

The middle class is under immense financial and societal pressure, and many of the poor would already be underwater if not for government stimulus payments. [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Climb; Oil Rebounds: Markets Wrap [Reuters] U.S. Treasury yields extend rising run on Fed taper talk [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rebounds [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip; Commodities Drop on Stimulus, Virus: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Dollar hits four-month high on euro as markets bet on earlier Fed [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Sanguine Inflation View Tested in New Data: Eco Week Ahead [Reuters] U.S. Senate edges toward passage of $1 tln infrastructure bill [...]

[AP] Senate edges toward vote on Biden’s $1T infrastructure bill [Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Investors wary on Washington, balancing debt ceiling and [...]

Weekly Hard Asset Insights By David McAlvany A Step on the Path Towards Tightening The big news of the week came late when, on Friday, the US Labor Department [...]