Jobs Data Puts December Rate Cut in Question: Gold Trades In Holding Pattern
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The September jobs report, which arrived seven weeks late, due to the U.S. government shutdown revealed that 119,000 new jobs were created that month. That far outpaced expectations for a 50,000 job gain. The better-than-expected September jobs report called into question whether or not the Federal Reserve will pull the trigger on a third interest...
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The Story Behind the 1851 $50 Humbert 880 Reeded Edge
| Few coins capture the raw urgency, ambition, and chaos of the American Gold Rush the way the 1851 $50 Humbert 880 Reeded Edge does. Today, this octagonal “fifty-dollar slug” stands among the most legendary issues in American numismatics, but its story begins in the dusty, makeshift streets of early San Francisco—where gold was plentiful, coinage...
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The Schilling Is Gone… But the Gold Is Worth Over US$2,700 Today
| Four Countries Dominate Investment Demand for Silver Bars and Coins
| 2025 has been a bellwether year for precious metals and not just gold. As investors around the world turn to the safety of precious metals, demand for silver bars and coins has shot sharply higher. Notably, investment demand from the United States, India, Germany, and Australia accounts for nearly 80% of global demand for silver...
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How He Learned the Value of Gold
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