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In Mid-May, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly urged Indian citizens to avoid buying physical gold and silver for a year. Soon afterwards, India increased its import tariffs on precious metals from 6% to 15%. This is yet another sign that the physical silver shortage is escalating, which should bode well for ETFs that hold ... India Doubled Tariffs on Silver and Gold Imports To Protect a Plunging Rupee; Will Foreign US Treasury Bond Dumping Cause the US To Follow Suit?

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher after yet another winning day for Wall Street, as all major indices finished the day higher after starting the session lower. Once again, all four indices we track for readers posted all-time highs as the AI/Data Center, Memory Chip rally continues to roll on. Healthcare and consumer stocks ... Here Are Friday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Best Buy, Cogent Communications, Dell Technologies, EPAM Systems, Federal Realty, Gap, Snowfl

Jerome Powell passed the Federal Reserve gavel to Kevin Warsh while the committee appears to be drifting opposite to where the incoming chair has historically wanted to go. That is what CNBC’s Steve Liesman walked through, citing remarks from two Fed presidents speaking overseas and a voting governor speaking the day before. Austan Goolsbee was ... Steve Liesman: Fed Pivots to Inflation Fight Under Incoming Chair Warsh

President Trump desperately wants lower interest rates, but his decision to attack Iran could force the Federal Reserve to raise rates.

The chances of market mayhem are lower with Powell remaining at the Fed.

TAIPEI, May 29 (Reuters) - Taiwan's tech-driven economy is expected to grow at its fastest pace in 16 years in 2026, the government statistics agency said on Friday, thanks to booming demand for

Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP) has spent years trying to plug into the traditional financial system, and Washington may finally be opening the door. President Trump’s May 19 executive order has put Ripple’s application for a Fed master account back in the spotlight, and the crypto market is paying attention. XRP is trading around $1.28 today after ... AI Predicts What XRP Looks Like If Ripple Gets A Fed Master Account

The April reading of the personal consumption expenditures price index was released earlier today.

Despite high energy costs and persistent inflation, people are still spending on technology.

The federal government is giving newborn Americans $1,000 to invest in the stock market while handing Robinhood millions of future customers in the process.

Banks can see their margins improve if the Fed begins raising rates. But the best play is to concentrate on the big banks instead of the broader financial services sector.

Unfavorable rate hikes may be the necessary medicine to quell inflationary fears.

How resilient will the economy be amid the current bout of inflation?

The most prominent figures in artificial intelligence are stepping back from dire predictions about mass unemployment, as the industry faces growing public hostility over AI's promised transformation of the workplace.But earlier doom-laden statements have now come to haunt the AI industry as the public, notably in the United States, voices serious discontent in polling over the disruption that tech companies and political leaders predict from AI. Most economic institutions, most recently the Eur

For years, investors could count on one thing from the Federal Reserve: when the economy weakened, rate cuts were usually right around the corner. But 2026 is shaping up differently. Inflation has started climbing again, even as the labor market cools. Unemployment is up to 4.3% while consumer prices accelerated above the Fed’s 2% target ... Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Was Just Sworn In at the White House. The Last Time This Happened, the Stock Market Crashed

Inflation expectations have driven bond yields higher, which could cause the stock market to fall sharply.

Memorial Day is supposed to feel like a victory lap into summer: gas tank full, cooler packed, suitcase in the trunk. This year, it feels like sticker shock. A snapshot circulated by Ed Elson, host of the Prof G Markets podcast, on X on May 25, lined up seven everyday inflation categories against last year’s ... Memorial Day Shocker: Gas Prices Up 28%, Flights Up 21%, Coffee Up 18%, Even Hot Dogs Cost 11% More than Last Year

The stock market may be hovering near record highs, but millions of Americans are discovering that retirement and financial security are not the same thing. Grocery bills remain elevated. Housing costs continue climbing. Healthcare premiums keep eating into fixed incomes. And now a surprising new survey suggests many retirees are realizing their nest eggs were ... The Retiree Recession Begins: Surprising Report Reveals 7% of Retirees Return to Work Amid High Costs

During a recent episode of The Pomp Podcast featuring guest Jordi Visser, host Anthony Pompliano highlighted a striking proposal from Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos. Bezos believes the bottom 50% of Americans should pay no federal taxes. According to the discussion, the bottom half of earners currently contribute only 3% of the federal budget, which lends credence ... Jeff Bezos Says Bottom 50% of Americans Should Pay No Taxes. The Real Culprit Is Federal Spending

With inflation still pinching household budgets and energy bottlenecks creating real chokepoints across the U.S. grid, the businesses that physically move molecules from wellhead to power plant have rarely looked more strategic. Pipelines act as literal toll booths in this environment, collecting fees on volumes locked into long-term contracts and insulated from day-to-day commodity price ... Market Uncertainty? This High-Yield Energy Infrastructure Toll Booth Under $30 Is Best Buy Now

U.S. stocks looked set to test all-time highs again Tuesday, with the tech-led leading early gainers, as investors bet the war in Iran was nearing an interim peace agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and unleash energy markets ahead of the summer driving demand expected in domestic markets. Bond markets, however, remained reluctant to fully commit to the new peace talks, and yields were holding north of key levels ahead of a key set of growth and inflation figures later in the week. Talks between Washington and Tehran, however, have been punctuated by a fresh round of attacks by U.S. troops on targets in southern Iran as well as claims from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday that it fired on a U.S. fighter jet that entered the country’s airspace.

The Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (NASDAQ:PDBC) exists to solve one specific tax-season headache. Investors who want broad commodity exposure as an inflation hedge typically face the choice between owning a partnership-structured fund that ships a K-1 every spring or skipping the asset class entirely. PDBC threads that needle with a ... PDBC Promises Diversified Commodities Without K-1 Tax Forms, But the Workaround Hides a Long Term Roll Cost

Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve Chairman this week, and the most striking thing about his arrival is how little Wall Street seems to care. On CNBC’s Halftime Report Friday, one host captured the moment with a line worth holding onto: “The Fed is not the first or second or third sentence of ... Kevin Warsh Inherits a Fed That Wall Street Has Almost Stopped Talking About

Kevin Warsh takes the oath as Federal Reserve chair on Friday in a White House ceremony, only the second Fed swearing-in held at the executive mansion in nearly 40 years. The last was Ronald Reagan hosting Alan Greenspan in 1987, a tableau the Trump White House is happy to revive. The optics matter because Warsh ... Kevin Warsh Sworn In as Fed Chair With Lowest Senate Votes Ever Amid Independence Concerns

The conversation about the Federal Reserve has flipped in a way that should make anyone holding long-duration assets sit up. A few months ago, the debate was about the cadence of cuts. Now, market strategists are saying the question is how long the Fed will stay on hold, and the curve has actually drifted to ... Markets Now Pricing in Rate Hikes Through 2027 as Fed Cut Expectations Evaporate

Walmart stock has traditionally outperformed during recessions.

These seemingly boring dividend stocks have crushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq over the last five years.

Weak consumer sentiment and surging inflation could derail the stock market's rebound.

Jerome Powell is out as Fed chair; Kevin Warsh is in. And Warsh's actions could be critical to what happens with stocks.

Kiplinger just laid out the eligibility rules for the federal Saver’s Match, the SECURE 2.0 provision that begins in 2027 and deposits up to $1,000 a year into the retirement account of qualifying lower- and middle-income workers. Before the rules, the math. A $1,000 annual government match invested in a total stock market index fund ... Starting in 2027 the Government Will Match Up to $1,000 of Your IRA Contributions and Kiplinger Just Published the Eligibility Details