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Gold Explodes To $5,278: Bitcoin Crashes 27% While Precious Metals Soar
Gold hit a record $5,278 as precious metals outperform Bitcoin, which plunged 27% this year. Peter Schiff warns that surging inflation and de-dollarization are driving a historic wealth transfer into physical assets.
BLS Private Payrolls For 2025 Q2 Overstated By ~847,000
Q2 2025 BLS private payrolls likely overstated employment by 847,000 jobs due to a flawed Birth-Death model. Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data reveals a net loss of 321,000 jobs, signaling that the labor market is actually contracting.
La Firma Casa Interior Design Consulting and Italian Furniture Services in Canada
La Firma Casa Interior Design Consulting and Italian Furniture Services in Canada
Good Things Are Good
AI productivity gains are often mislabeled as economic risks, echoing Great Depression fallacies about overproduction. While automation shifts income shares, these supply-side boosts don't inherently trigger demand collapses.
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts - A Sign For A Faithless Generation
Hotter-than-expected PPI data fueled inflation fears, causing stocks to stumble while gold and silver rallied. Silver shows strong momentum toward triple digits as Bitcoin continues to trade within a range-bound channel.
Laying Off Workers: Cheap Vs. Expensive
High layoff costs in Europe stifle innovation compared to the US, where firms like Microsoft and Meta pivot rapidly. Adopting "flexicurity" models can balance worker protection with essential economic dynamism.
More Retail Earnings Ahead: A Closer Look
Major retailers prepare to report quarterly results, offering a critical look at consumer spending health.
Interpreting The Shrinking Term Spread
Shrinking Treasury term spreads signal shifting market dynamics as default risk and inflation expectations distort yields.
Chinese Gold Market Off To A Strong Start In 2026
China's gold market hit record highs in early 2026, driven by surging investment demand for bars and coins.
What Going Heavy Managed Futures Looks Like
Managed futures are becoming vital as traditional stock-bond correlations weaken. While high-yield ETFs offer short-term income, heavy managed futures allocations provide superior resilience during market crashes.
Monthly Dividend Stock In Focus: Trinity Capital
Trinity Capital is a business development company offering a 13.4% monthly dividend yield.
Is The AI Selloff Overdone?
Recent volatility in the AI sector has investors questioning if the selloff is overdone or a sign of a deeper correction.
Week Ahead: U.S. Dollar Slips On Trade Uncertainty As NFP, Eurozone HICP Loom
The U.S. Dollar weakened this week amid geopolitical uncertainty and trade policy developments.
99 Reasons To Sell… And SPX Ain’t One
The S&P 500 has been trapped in a 250-point range for most of 2026. Every high and every low this year fits inside a box from 6775 to 7000 on a $7,000 product.
Gold Hits $5,260 As War Jitters, Trade Tension Rattle Markets
Gold hit a one-month high of $5,260 as geopolitical tensions and hot inflation data sparked safe-haven buying.
Markets Finish February In A Slough; Dow Suffers Steep Drop
The Dow wrapped its worst weekly loss since Nov. 21 to go with its worst monthly performance since July. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 finished in the red for the day, week, and month.
Market Talk – Friday, Feb. 27
Major U.S. indices retreated as the Dow dropped 1.05%, while precious metals and energy prices surged.
Duolingo Stock: Falls 20% As Five Analysts Downgrade After Pivot
Duolingo shares plunged 20% after a strategic pivot to prioritize user growth over revenue triggered five analyst downgrades.
$10,000 Invested In MercadoLibre 5 Years Ago Would Be How Much?
MercadoLibre revenue grew seven-fold over five years, but the stock remains nearly flat, creating a massive valuation disconnect.
Gold Still Juggernaut
Gold remains an unstoppable juggernaut, defying historical precedents for deep drawdowns despite extreme overbought levels.
