Markets
Africa's largest gold producer grows gold reserves to massive $11.9 billion despite a $1.9 billion loss from a program - Business Insider Africa
macro
US intervention shows all isn't well with the US dollar.
Markets
Gold makes the largest single-day advance in five months as bulls regain control - KITCO
macro
Stocks set new record highs! But so did government debt. And the Strait remains closed. Here's what comes next.
Geopolitics
Dollar Losing Ground? Brazil's Lula Makes Chinese Yuan a Permanent Part of Debt Strategy | Vantage - Firstpost
Geopolitics
UK Treasury Weighs Fiscal Rule Flexibility to Unlock Billions for Capital Investment - The Global Treasurer
Markets
Gold pushes toward $4,200 as soft ADP cools Fed-hike bets - Kitco AM Report - KITCO
macro
PRIVATE BLOG – Gold the August Rally (PRO)
Energy
Vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait crumbled on Wednesday from the previous day amid a Houthi claim they have hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea and hopes that Oman and Iran could reach a deal on jointly managing Hormuz. On Wednesday, only two vessels transited the
opinion
Bob returns to the fractional reserve banking debate to clarify a point the critics keep missing: in the Mises-Hayek-Rothbard framework, it's fractional reserve banking itself that sets the boom-bust cycle in motion, not merely central banks.
Markets
BNP Paribas Sees Gold Hitting $5,000 as Trump’s Pressure on the Fed Weakens the Dollar - 24/7 Wall St.
macro
Bitcoin Is The 'Last Functioning Smoke Alarm Of Liquidity,' Says Macro Analyst Luke Gromen - Stocktwits