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US Economy Grows 3.4% on an AI Investment Boom, but the Details Are Weaker Than the Headline
The US economy grew at a 3.4% annual rate in the third quarter, faster than forecast, as businesses poured money into artificial-intelligence equipment and consumers kept spending. The details are less robust than the headline: almost half the growth came from companies…
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Gold and silver prices fell in September 2026 while bitcoin rose. Gold closed at $4,186.70 and silver at $60.10
Gold close on the last trading day of September 2026: $4,186.70 Gold change in September 2026: −6.6% Silver close on the last trading day of September 2026: $60.10 Silver change…
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Silver fell 1.21% alongside higher yields. Gold and bitcoin also saw declines
Gold price, 1 troy ounce: $3,997.89 Gold change since the previous New York close: −0.65% Gold change so far in 2026: −7.9% Silver price, 1 troy ounce: $53.94 Silver change…
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Moscow’s golden exit: Liquidating the reserves to keep the lights on
Russia is currently in the middle of its biggest sustained drawdown of gold reserves since the 1998 financial crisis, according to original reporting. This isn’t just some seasonal adjustment or…
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The Gold Outlook Just Took a Hit
CIBC slashed its long-term price targets as macro headwinds build The math has changed. At the start of this year, CIBC Capital Markets was looking at a gold price …
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Why the world’s center of gravity is shifting from Wall Street to the East
The smart money isn’t just buying gold; they’re fleeing a sinking ship. While the retail crowd gets distracted by the latest AI hype, the most sophisticated players in the global…
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The Great Financial Reset: How programmable money and secret policies are building a digital control grid
There are two different universes. One is the one you see on the evening news, where politicians bicker over social issues and the economy feels like a series of…
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The Devil in the Details
**The dark, poetic, and deeply hypocritical reality of Karl Marx** There’s a common misconception that Marxism is, at its heart, a humanitarian project—a movement fueled by some grand, compassionate…
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How the BRICS Architecture is Rewiring the Global Financial Nervous System
The Great Bifurcation The era of sudden, catastrophic financial collapses is being replaced by something far more insidious and methodical: the slow, quiet construction of a parallel world. Rather than…
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