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By Peter Reagan Image CC BY 2.0 via Web Summit Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the overall economy. This week, we’ll cover: Ray Dalio: 15% gold allocation is the new normal Why is Tether buying so much gold bullion it’s practically a nation? Indian gold supply faces …
UPDATE: Trump on Iran proposal: It’s not acceptable to me. I’ve studied it, I’ve studied everything – it’s not acceptable. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) May 3, 2026 The President told reporters in Miami he’s looking at the “concept” of Tehran’s deal, military strikes remain a possibility if they misbehave… Truth Social posts show Trump is …
🚨TRUMP RAISES GLOBAL TARIFF TO 15% Donald Trump announced he will immediately increase the global tariff rate from 10% to 15%, following what he called a flawed and “anti-American” United States Supreme Court decision. He said the move targets countries he accuses of… pic.twitter.com/woHVkzzRMH — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 21, 2026 German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, …
President Donald Trump will hold a meeting at the White House on Monday evening about next steps on Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as the administration intensifies its pressure campaign on the country. Key members of Trump’s Cabinet and national security team, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint …
Howard Lutnick: The Trump Gold Card is officially live. ➡️ For $1M, individuals can obtain the Trump Gold Card—creating jobs and building businesses here in America. ➡️ For $2M, corporations can purchase a Corporate Trump Gold Card for one employee. The company—not the individual—owns the card, with the option to transfer to another employee for …
Goldman Sachs says 55 cities will see home prices fall. That’s 15% of the 381 metros they track. But they also say 39% will decline. So why spotlight the softest wound? “Goldman Sachs expects home prices to fall in 55 of the 381 metropolitan statistical areas it tracks, or about 15%.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/home-prices-forecast-goldman-sachs-housing-market/ “While we think …
JUST IN: 🇨🇳 China's local governments sell 15,000 Bitcoin worth $1.25 billion via offshore private entities: Reuters. pic.twitter.com/N7L5b8PxNi — Whale Insider (@WhaleInsider) April 16, 2025 🚨BREAKING: 🇨🇳China is selling seized crypto, despite its trading ban — Reuters reports. Local governments are using private firms to sell crypto for cash to fund public budgets. China reportedly …
Student loan defaults just skyrocketed to 15.6%, the highest level on record. As a result, the NY Fed is reporting that credit scores of student borrowers are about to plunge. Potentially by as much as 150 points.
Here are the main things you need to know right now: Keir Starmer has said the government is “looking at” making spending cuts “across the board”; The PM said “we can take some money out of government”, with welfare and overseas aid cuts already confirmed; Chancellor Rachel Reeves has also said she’s looking to clash …
It's not even a joke. The state of Colorado still mails me extra ballots every election for people who moved to California 5+ years ago. This means they haven't been removed from the voter rolls after five freakin years. Universal mail-in voting is a FRAUD. pic.twitter.com/7FCgXjDelj — George (@BehizyTweets) September 19, 2024 Ineligible on Voter …
According to the Henley Private Wealth Migration Report 2024, the UK is expected to experience an unprecedented net loss of 9,500 millionaires in 2024. This places the UK as the second-largest loser of millionaires globally, trailing only behind China. Notably, this figure is more than double the 4,200 millionaires who left the country last year, which itself was a record-breaking exodus …
#recession … #Tech Bubble 2.0 edition #ArtificialIntelligence $SMCI 📉 ☠️ https://t.co/aMbJZAmuol pic.twitter.com/TzrnPdiFGR — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) April 19, 2024 🚨BREAKING STOCK NEWS📉 : Super Micro Computer (SMCI) Stock CRASHES -15% Amid Financial Result Concerns – $SMCI reached its peak on the day of the ODTE white paper bubble release in March and has since plummeted …
Remember, there are 20x more homes sitting vacant than currently listed for sale. 15,000,000 houses that could flood the market given the right motivation pic.twitter.com/RKB7dLLUhd — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 6, 2023 Pretty fucking sad what the US government has done. Stealing wealth from one generation to give to another https://t.co/CtbNPXdMyi pic.twitter.com/7gLELfOQSp — Darth Powell …