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Rand Paul Goes To Fort Knox To Verify That US Gold Stockpile Still Exists

Rand Paul Goes To Fort Knox To Verify That US Gold Stockpile Still Exists In September 1974, amid public and congressional concerns, a high-profile inspection occurred at the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. In a rare exception to the "no visitors" policy, members of Congress and the press were invited in. This was followed immediately by a special audit conducted by the General Accounting Office (now the Government Accountability Office) in…

 •  Zerohedge

Futures Rise On Fresh Push Higher In Tech

Futures Rise On Fresh Push Higher In Tech Futures are higher again, just a few basis points away from a new all time high, led by Tech as the week sta…

 •  Zerohedge

Chinese central bank’s 15th five-year plan

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), released its first stand-alone five-year plan in at least a decade on Monday, focusing on mea…

 •  South China Morning Post (SCMP)
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S&P 500 Rises on Mild Inflation Data, Red-Hot AI Rally: Stock Market Today

A tame July CPI report lowered odds that the Fed will hike rates in September, while strong AI earnings boosted the broad market. Stocks opened higher Wednesday thanks to a tame inflation report. A reinvigorated AI trade, courtesy of several well-received earnings reports, kept equities mostly higher into the close, with one of the three main indexes nearing a new record high. The broader S&P 500 finished up 0.3% at 7,748 — just shy of last Frida…

 •  Kiplinger