U.S. President Donald Trump's latest set of tariffs drew objections Friday from America's trading partners including China and Japan, with Australia's trade minister slamming them as “completely unjustified.” The administration announced tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies late Thursday, saying the countries had failed to adequately enforce a ban on ...

Markets have been dealing with first one conflict; and, then, a second one over the past 18 months, and those two battles coalesced into a two-front war this week. The older of the two—the U.S. trade war—leapt back into the forefront with the Administration threatening a usurious 50% tariff on US$20 billion of Canadian exports, followed shortly by ...

Edward Yardeni, Yardeni Research president, says the Federal Reserve may need to raise rates three times to solve the inflation problem. He speaks on "Bloomberg Money."

The European Union is at it again and, as usual, taking direct aim at GREAT American Companies! After having fined Apple, for no reason at all, 15 Billion Dollars, Meta, 3 Billion Dollars, Amazon 2.5 Billion Dollars, and many others, we have just been informed that Google, a truly advanced and amazing group, has been fined yet another 1 Billion Dollars, without explanation. This brings the Google total to over 18 Billion Dollars! This illegal and highly discriminatory practice started at these high levels during the first year of the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, but it’s not going to continue during the Trump Administration. The United States of America is not a “PIGGYBANK” for Europe, nor will we allow it to be! Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that we will immediately initiate a 301 Investigation into the practice of “ROBBING” American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer. The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about. The penalties will be entirely reversed and, we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment. Stay tuned! President DONALD J. TRUMP

For most of the past two decades, the biggest drivers of gold prices have been easy to identify. Investors watched the Federal Reserve, inflation, real interest rates, geopolitical crises and central-bank purchases. Those forces remain important today, but another trend is quietly emerging that could prove just as significant over the coming decade. Over ...

Traders were closing out the week on Friday morning with silver (XAG/USD) changing hands around $58.20 an ounce. Even though we’ve seen some selling by investors, the white metal has remained one of the strongest performing commodities in 2026. Two narratives appear to be driving silver prices: A higher US yield curve and strong greenback, which are acting ...

President Xi, at our recent meeting in Beijing, China, told me that he would not, under any circumstances, give or sell Weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran — And that statement included Chinese Companies. Considering our relationship, I take him at his word and, besides, l am doing him very big favors, also. Likewise, President Putin, despite the horrible War going on in Ukraine (The relationship remains, as it does with President Zelenskyy), told me that he would not sell Weapons to Iran. He understands that I do not sell Weapons to Ukraine, but to NATO Countries. They pay full price, and how those Weapons are distributed, I have no idea. Therefore, two major Countries that people speak of often in terms of Iran are, in my opinion, not participating. If they did, it would be very bad for them — Certainly not in their best interests. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

BREAKING: Pakistan and Iran explore a path towards new talks with the US in a China- initiated push - Sources. Pakistan is considering resuming stalled US-Iran talks to end their nearly five-month-old war, according to three Pakistani sources, following a push by China. Exploratory discussions took place during Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni's visit to Islamabad this week, his second in the last ten days, according to sources.

Gold is fast, liquid, and traded almost around the clock. It can move several dollars in seconds. That speed is exactly why gold trading slippage matters to every trader. Slippage is the difference between the price you ask for and the price you actually get. On XAU/USD, where prices jump during news and quiet sessions alike, that small gap can shape your ...

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for June 2026. Sales of new single-family houses in June 2026 were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 628,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of ...

In December 1974, gold looked finished. The price had run from $35 an ounce to nearly $195 in four years, and then it came apart. Over the next twenty months, gold lost almost half its value, sliding to about $103 by the summer of 1976. Newspapers ran the obituary, investors who had cheered the climb sold near the lows, and Wall Street called the whole ...

US business activity growth accelerated at the start of the third quarter, according to provisional PMI® survey data, reaching an eight-month high and prompting firms to add staff for the first time in three months. Business confidence in the year-ahead outlook also rose to an eight-month high. However, the improvement was confined to services, while ...