Gold volatile ahead of Fed decision; Iran diplomacy hopes in focus
Spot gold rises 0.9% to $4,087.79/oz; silver, platinum and palladium each climb over 1% ahead of Fed's policy decision
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Nvidia to invest $3 bln in Meta share offering as part of bigger AI partnership
NVIDIA said on October 27, 2026 that it will invest $3 billion in Meta’s equity offering while the two companies widen their Nvidia Meta Muse partnership. The deal covers Meta’s Muse assistant and the…
U.S. stocks rise as Anthropic IPO filing boosts AI shares ahead of Fed decision
August 18, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT. Nicotine pouches are becoming a bigger earnings driver for Philip Morris and British American Tobacco as cigarette volumes decline. BAT expects industry pouch revenue to …
Anthropic files for IPO, with revenue surging and potential $2 trillion valuation
Anthropic is preparing for an initial public offering that could value the artificial intelligence company at more than $2 trillion, even as it reported a net loss of nearly $42 billion in 2025 and fa…
Gold’s Breakdown Tests Key Summer Support
Bitcoin price consolidates near $74,200 as traders eye the FOMC meeting. Our 4-hour chart analysis reveals critical support levels and RSI divergence.
Gold gains as easing oil prices soothe inflation jitters
U.S. stock futures reversed a downtrend in the overnight session on Wednesday, as strong quarterly results from Micron Technology (MU) and massive revenue target updates from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) help…
Europe’s Natural Gas Prices Soar to 4-Year High as Winter Looms
Europe’s benchmark natural gas price jumped by 2% at opening in Amsterdam on Monday, extending the 7% weekly gain from last week, as concerns mount that the gas withdrawal season has started amid no s…
Gold Hasn’t Forgotten the Rules - The Market Changed the Game
Gold has spent the past several weeks doing something that makes macro traders uncomfortable: the variables that normally underpin the bull case have been moving broadly in its favour, while the price…
Gold Risks Deeper Losses as Iran War Fuels Energy Inflation Fears
For months, gold looked untouchable — the asset you bought almost on autopilot if you believed the world was quietly debasing its money and sleepwalking into another inflation wave. The metal was ridi…
Wells Fargo Names Top Pick Ahead of Q3 Earnings
Note: The following is an excerpt from this week’s Earnings Trends report. You can access the full report that contains detailed historical actual and estimates for the current and following periods, …
Gold Futures Face Heavy Weekly Losses as Iran War and Fed Decision Loom
(Kitco News) – Gold prices clung for dear life to the $5,000 per ounce support level as long as they could this week, but a series of pessimistic central bank statements and a discouraging Iran war ou…
European Natural Gas Prices Surge to Highest Level Since 2022
On Tuesday, wholesale natural gas futures in Europe and Britain broke through multi-year resistance thresholds, hitting their loftiest marks since 2022. The surge came as unexpected Norwegian supply d…
Buy pullback in this chip stock, Mizuho says
Morgan Stanley said the recent sell-off in semiconductor stocks has created an attractive opportunity for investors, naming Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) and Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) as its top picks in AI compute …
Oil Signals Geopolitical Risk Is Back on the Radar
August 3, 2026, 3:54 AM EDT. Shares of firearm manufacturers are notably cyclical among industrials, impacted by both unit shipments and average selling price. Leading firms in the space include Sturm…
Diesel Shortages Push Washington Toward Emergency Refinery Measures
The war in Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz have plunged global energy markets into deep uncertainty, disrupting critical oil and gas flows and accelerating structural shifts in …
Oil Shipping Costs Add a New Upside Risk to Brent Prices
The impact of the Middle East conflict on energy markets is spreading from oil prices themselves to shipping costs. A new report from Goldman Sachs says average global seaborne crude shipping costs ha…
Asian LNG Prices Surge Past $30 as Middle East Shipping Risks Escalate
Structural redesign of the energy system is gaining urgency to shield Asian countries against recurring oil and gas trade turmoil. Steering countries off the fossil path and back towards clean energy …
Oil holds near five-month high as Hormuz attacks threaten supply recovery
When the US-Iran war began at the end of February, it unleashed an energy crisis on the world and one not seen in recent years. Oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, de facto controlled by Iran,…
Central Banks Are Buying Gold - So Why Is the Yellow Metal Still Under Pressure?
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Will Oil Prices Decline as Middle East Supply Recovers?
Brent crude settled at $109.86 per barrel on Friday, October 16, after touching $110 intraday—the highest since May—while WTI closed at $101.41. The move capped a week of gains driven by persistent su…
Chip index SOX posts longest losing streak since 2008 as AI worries deepen
The Nasdaq Composite Index (IXIC) S&P 500 Index (SPX) are on the rise, with the latter up triple digits as investors digest July's consumer price index (CPI) data, which came in line with expectations…
The Trouble With Safe Assets
I’m spending a lot of time thinking about high interest rates, both for obvious reasons and because I’m reconsidering some of my own long-held views. So I thought I’d have a long talk with someone who…
Gold prices slip for the week as oil gains offset weaker dollar, U.S. bond rally
Gold (XAU/USD) price retreats about 0.10%, trading at $4,163 on Friday, poised for a weekly loss as traders assess recent US inflation data, which, although hotter than foreseen, led investors to trim…
Global Fuel Oil Shortage Deepens as Middle East and Russia Supplies Collapse
The global energy market is grappling with an unprecedented diesel supply crisis. In the United States, retail diesel prices have historically breached $6 per gallon—nearly double the $3.50 level at t…