By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) – The dollar was higher on Wednesday after a round of U.S. economic data, including a reading on inflation that slightly increased expectations for a rate hike from the Federal Reserve ahead of the Jackson Hole symposium of central bankers this week. The Commerce Department said the…
When you’re planning a vacation, you probably aren’t thinking about worst-case medical scenarios. Travel insurance, if it comes up at all, is often viewed as a way to protect against a canceled flight or lost baggage. But a serious medical emergency abroad can wreak havoc on your finances. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL) is suddenly playing catch-up in the race to build leading-edge, “frontier” artificial intelligence models vs. OpenAI and Anthropic. But if Henry Blodget, a former Wall Street stock analyst and founder of Business Insider is right, Google stock may get a boost from OpenAI faltering in the AI battle. In an article in…
Silver (SI=F) September futures opened at $68.63 per ounce on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, down 0.1% from Tuesday’s closing price. The silver price held steady this morning, reaching $68.62 as of 8:10 a.m. ET. Silver prices have remained quite steady this week, with opening prices edging down ever so slightly each day of the week…
Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,715.70 per troy ounce on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, up 0.5% from Tuesday’s closing price. Gold pulled back from highs reached this morning to $4,674.60 per troy ounce as of 7:51 a.m. ET. Gold opened over $4,700 for the second day, even hitting a high of $4,730.90 in early…
Meta Platforms and state attorneys general have held talks about a potential settlement before the trial concludes, in a lawsuit that accuses the company of intentionally building Facebook and Instagram in ways meant to hook teenagers, according to Bloomberg. Entering its second week in federal court in Oakland, California, the trial pits the attorneys general…
According to the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are lower today compared to Tuesday. The average 30-year fixed rate today, Wednesday, August 26, 2026, is 6.53%, down 10 basis points since yesterday. The 15-year fixed loan is currently 5.94%, 1 basis point higher than yesterday. The 5/1 ARM is 6.56%, down 6 basis points from Tuesday….
Something about this H1 chart bothers me. Gold just bounced almost 50 points from 4,605. That should make buying easy. It doesn’t. Because the recovery has carried price straight back underneath 4,678–4,697, the same area where I would expect sellers to become interested. But selling isn’t comfortable either. Look at what is happening underneath price….
The August 17 analysis identified a potential new impulsive advance in Gold, with $4,698.740 marked as the first major upside objective. Since then, price has followed the bullish structure closely enough for that target to become a completed milestone. https://www.tradingview.com/chart/XAUUSD/yowvQhBm-GOLD-XAUUSD-A-New-Impulse-Could-Be-Underway/ The question now is no longer whether Gold can reach that level — it has….
Bitcoin has had a mammoth run, but $79,400 is starting to look like a problem for late-to-the-party bulls. It has acted as support and resistance for lengthy periods this year and Bitcoin has now had one, two, three cracks above it. All have failed, with the latest rejection delivering a candle that looks a lot…
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