Meta stock fell about 3% on Monday, trading at $767.10 at press time. The stock had been climbing last week, but Monday saw some investors pull back after a string of gains.

Note that near-month futures for coffee are roughly the same in July as in January. This suggests that to a first approximation, tariffs are explaining the jump in coffee prices.

Back in 1974, in the aftermath of the OPEC oil embargo, the National Maximum Speed Law was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Richard Nixon.

From early April through early August, Nvidia stomped its way relentlessly higher, more than doubling in price and curb-stomping anyone who dare got in its way.

On Monday, we are seeing somewhat volatile price action in the gold and silver markets, even if the prices have ended up in roughly the same area in which they started.

In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the recent developments in the financial markets as of August 18, 2025, focusing on geopolitical tensions involving Ukraine and the potential peace talks facilitated by President Trump.

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GBP/USD saw a softer start to the new trading week, easing back around four-tenths of one percent through the opening market sessions.

The USD/CAD pair extends its ongoing range-bound theme near 1.3800 during the early Asian session on Tuesday.

Stocks finished the day flat, in a fairly uneventful day. It was the lightest volume day on the S&P 500 futures since July 3, a half-day. Just 821,000 contracts traded today.

Gold price traded sideways on Monday as traders await the meeting between Trump, Zelenskiy, and European leaders in Washington following last week's summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

US Treasuries traded heavy on Monday, on a day of complexities and different cross winds that makes interpretation tough. Bunds remain a good safe asset to hide for any US-driven turmoil, which can help keep yields close to swaps.

The options market just dropped a bomb. While Bitcoin sits in its comfort zone around $61k, someone just bought 40,000 put contracts in a single trade. That's $2.4 million betting Bitcoin breaks down.

Stocks wobbled around. It was a strong overnight with the usual faltering on the real market volumes.

​​​​​​​Markets predict higher interest rates.

Mining share prices tend to trail a rising gold price for a while and then, as a bull market becomes firmly established, they rush past.

If tariffs were the culprit, we could reverse the inflation by simply ditching them. It would be a problem with an easy solution. Unfortunately, that’s not what’s happening here. 

The Dow finished marginally lower, but managed to pare steeper losses. The S&P 500 joined the blue-chip index in the red --albeit also marginally -- while the Nasdaq eked out a win.

Japan is one of three countries trading at fresh all time highs. While notable on its own, Japan's rally is even more impressive when put in the context of the past several decades.

If there’s been one constant in 2025, it’s gold’s ability to attract buyers in an uncertain environment.