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[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Steady as Nvidia Results Grab Spotlight: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Bonds Fall as Traders Look to Fed Minutes for Rate-Cut Clues [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan Yields Have Room to Rise After 1% Reached on BOJ Bets [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Nears 3-Month Low as US Report Points to Swelling Stockpiles [Reuters] Fed shifts talk to ‘scenarios’ as […]

Kamran Bokhari: Russia & Iran’s Shared Motivations & Desired Outcomes North Korea & Iran Send Arms For Russian Offensive Will Israel Preemptively Strike A Nuclear Iran? “That order—many times refer to as the rules-based international order post World War II—is naturally evolving into something that’s not clear. So it has natural weaknesses. That order needs […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip as Focus Turns to Nvidia, Fed Speeches: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil sheds $1 as Fed interest rate outlook stokes demand fears [Reuters] Nvidia earnings could spark $200 billion swing in shares, options show [Reuters] Japan closely monitoring weak yen and bond market, finmin says [Reuters] Yellen says US, Europe must respond jointly […]

Though gold has been one of the most valuable substances known to man for millennia, its exclusion from the financial system for decades has relegated it to the memory hole for most people—including most investors. As a result, you get some mistaken beliefs about gold that are often heard by people in a precious metals […]

[Reuters] Gold hits record peak as rate cut bets burnish appeal, silver jumps [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain as Copper, Gold Climb to Records: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan’s Benchmark Bond Yield Hits Decade-High on Rate-Hike Bets [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Copper Hits Record Above $11,000 on Bets That Shortage Looms [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies After Weekly Advance as Geopolitical Risks Flare […]

[CNBC] Soaring debt and deficits causing worry about threats to the economy and markets [Reuters] Israel launches strikes across Gaza as U.S. envoy meets Netanyahu [Reuters] Russian strikes on Kharkiv region kill at least 10, says local official [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Banks Warn of Growing Energy-Related Risks in Mortgage Portfolios [Bloomberg] UK Sees ‘Direct Threat’ From Russia, […]

The Debt’s Too Darn Big Strength in precious metals was notable this week. Gold is retesting recent highs, silver broke out to new post-Covid highs, and the gold mining stocks are now starting to more notably outperform physical. The miners still have an immense amount of catching up to do, but this week, while gold […]

[Reuters] Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities [Yahoo Finance] Why Americans are feeling bad about inflation despite a good economy [AP] Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather [Yahoo/WSJ] Too Big or Not Enough? China Housing Bailout Treads a Fine Line [Reuters] Russian court seizes […]