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Precious metals had a lot of movement on the heels of the Federal Reserve last week, but things have kind of calmed down gold, silver, and platinum. Let’s look at where precious metals stand as of October 2, 2024 Gold, silver and platinum were flat week over week. The price of Palladium declined 4%. Although […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Fall, Oil Gains as Mideast Risks Rise: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Extends Steep Fall on Dimming Hopes of Early BOJ Rate Hike [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Climbs for Third Day as Middle East Supply Risks Dominate [Reuters] Morning Bid: Dollar surges as European, Japan hawks coo [Reuters] Israel calls for evacuations from south Lebanon as […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drop in Nervy Wait for Israel Response: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil’s War Premium Roars Back After Iranian Strike on Israel [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese Stocks Soar More Than 7% in Hong Kong on Stimulus Bets [Yahoo Finance] China and Middle East tensions push commodities into the spotlight: Morning Brief [AP] Israeli troops battle Hezbollah in […]

Desperate? Chinese Open Up The Liquidity Flood Gate Dock Workers Strike: Headache For Kamala Bonds & Gold Signal Inflation Woes “Be careful what you wish for is a phrase that we often hear, and I think this is a perfect case in point this week in China. They will get their 5% GDP growth rate, […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond Rally Gains Steam as ECB Meets Inflation Goal: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Gold firms on safe-haven demand, lower bond yields [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Begins New Quarter Under Pressure as Supplies Set to Rise [Reuters] Morning Bid: Stocks kick off Q4 at record, euro inflation undershoots [Reuters Live Updates] Fighting rages in south Lebanon as Israel […]

Has anyone else noticed that most of the visionary leadership in the civil sphere today is being offered by Republicans or Independents who are former Democrats? Their number includes Donald Trump, Elon Musk, RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and to some extent Nicole Shanahan (RFK’s VP candidate), among others. But the phenomenon isn’t new. If you […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Muted as European Automakers Slump: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] FOMO Grips China Stock Buyers on ‘Epic’ Trading Day Before Break [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japanese Stocks Falter as Ishiba’s Win Wrongfoots Easing Bets [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies as Traders Assess Mideast Risks and China Stimulus [Reuters] Morning Bid: Powell to close out Q3, China stocks boom 8% [Reuters] […]

[AP] At least 64 dead after Helene’s deadly march across the Southeast [Axios] Tropical Storm Helene is catastrophic for western NC mountains [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Prospect of Second Big Fed Cut Hinges on Powell and Jobs Report [AP] US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike [Yahoo Finance] Wall Street forms super teams to fight […]