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Gold’s Remarkable Rise to $1 Million a Bar Offers Rare Media Flashpoint of a Quiet Bull Market
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Gold’s Remarkable Rise to $1 Million a Bar Offers Rare Media Flashpoint of a Quiet Bull Market

August 28, 2024

News broke last week that upon reaching a new all-time record high of over $2,500 per troy ounce, the…

Gold and Silver Were Some of the Best Performing Assets in 2022
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Gold and Silver Were Some of the Best Performing Assets in 2022

January 16, 2023July 6, 2023

As a slight rally in equity markets kicks off 2023, a stealth bull market in gold and silver continued…

Big Commodity Gains Midway through January Even After Another Positive Inflation Report
ArchivesGlobal Economy

Big Commodity Gains Midway through January Even After Another Positive Inflation Report

January 12, 2023July 6, 2023

Markets are betting in different ways as Thursday’s long-anticipated Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed a small slowdown in…


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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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