Economy, Precious Metals

“Citi Sees Gold Soaring to $3,000 on Tensions Triggered by Trump”

“Citigroup Inc. expects gold prices to hit a record $3,000 an ounce within three months, with geopolitical tensions and trade wars stoked by US President Donald Trump boosting demand for safe-haven assets…” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gold-steady-near-record-high-003402782.html This lie that tariffs cause inflation is… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Elon Musk barred from accessing US Treasury payments data”

“A federal judge has barred the US Treasury from handing data from its payments system to outsiders, in an early legal blow to Elon Musk’s crusade to slash government spending. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly put the temporary order in place after… Continue Reading…

Economy

“D.O.G.E…. turns attention to Social Security Administration”

“Elon Musk’s DOGE shuttered USAID. It has searched Medicare payments and gained access to a sensitive Treasury Department payment system. Its initial Labor Department presence prompted a lawsuit. And it’s just getting started. The Social Security Administration is an upcoming focus of the Department of Government… Continue Reading…

Economy

“U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4%”

“…Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 143,000 for the month, down from an upwardly revised 307,000 in December and below the 169,000 forecast from Dow Jones. The unemployment rate nudged lower to 4%…” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/jobs-report-january-2025.html The unemployment books are cooked. It… Continue Reading…

Economy

“US weekly jobless claims decline more than expected”

“…Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 207,000 for the week ended Jan. 25, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 220,000 claims for the latest week… Companies have scaled… Continue Reading…

Economy

“US Economy Ends 2024 With 2.3% GDP Growth on Consumer Resilience”

“Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product increased an annualized 2.3% in the fourth quarter after rising 3.1% in the prior three-month period, according to the government’s initial estimate published Thursday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a… Continue Reading…

Banking

“Bank of America Braces for Massive Bond Losses as Yields Soar”

“A sharp rise in rates since the end of the third quarter widened losses on bank securities portfolio and could become an investor issue again when banks start reporting their fourth-quarter results in the next week. Bank of America has… Continue Reading…

Business

“Bank of America downgrades Tesla stock, raises price target saying ‘execution risk is high'”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-of-america-downgrades-tesla-stock-raises-price-target-saying-execution-risk-is-high-202959359.html I’m not interested in what the article has to say. More importantly Bank Of America is acting like Tesla is a risk? While that may or may not be true Bank Of America itself is a bigger risk because… Continue Reading…

Business

“Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?” [DEI]

“McDonald’s joins a growing list of companies that are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Like others before it, the fast-food chain cites a U.S. Supreme Court decision in July 2023 that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions… Walmart The world’s… Continue Reading…

Business

“Stellantis U.S. auto sales extend free fall in third quarter”

“Stellantis reported U.S. sales Wednesday of 305,294 from July through September, a 19.8% decline from the third quarter of 2023. The company was expected to be the worst sales performer of major automakers during the third quarter. Stellantis’ disappointing sales… Continue Reading…