Silver is up more than 30% over the past year, yet the market's attention is fixed firmly on this week's inflation data. The metal opened at $61.29 per ounce on Monday, October 12, 2026, up 0.4% from Friday's close, then slipped to
A week ago, a near 70% chance of an October rate hike looked like a near-certainty. Then one jobs number dragged it down to roughly 17%. Nothing about inflation changed; the labor market blinked. Where the Market Stands and What Moved It The U.S. economy added only 29,
A $54 billion Alaska pipeline deal drew applause in Washington. Seoul then said the announcement went 'far beyond what was agreed.' Both can be true, and the gap is where your money sits. KEY FACTS * The US announced a $200 billion investment package from South Korea, including $54
Trump called it 'morally binding.' It is signed by about 20 executives, and legally enforceable against exactly none of them. The White House Accord on Superintelligence Joint Commitment on Frontier SI Responsibilities is a voluntary agreement with no legal force, including OpenAI's Greg Brockman, Anthropic'
Gold opened at its lowest since August 5, near $4,150, yet the correction is being driven by oil and bets on another rate hike, not by anyone abandoning the metal. Gold December futures opened at $4,150.10 per troy ounce on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, down 0.4%
China lists 1,619 American products. The US lists 77 Chinese goods. Both sides are calling it a $60 billion breakthrough. Neither has named a single tariff rate or a start date. The two nations published reciprocal product lists for a tariff cut on non-sensitive goods worth $30 billion
The 10-year Treasury pays 5.17%, the most since June 2007. That is not a Fed story. Japan, Britain and Germany all hit fresh yield highs the same week, which tells you the pressure is coming from somewhere bigger than one central bank. Capital Currents U.S. Treasury yields
Ask yourself which number tells the real story: gold near $4,340 an ounce this morning, or gold up 95.6% over the past year. The answer is both, and the space between them is what today comes down to. The price is being pulled back by three forces: hawkish
Capital Currents: AMD Crosses $1 Trillion As Yields Retreat AMD reached a $1 trillion market capitalization for the first time on Monday. Shares rose about 9.3% to roughly $611.73, having risen 8.67% in the regular session from $559.82 to $607.97 and clearing $600 for the
Brent crude is above $100 a barrel, US Treasury yields are near their highest since 2004, and the Nasdaq is still up 1.8% as of early morning. This combination is not supposed to happen. With the dollar index up over 1% and the 2-year Treasury yield at its
On the morning after the Fed raised rates and more hikes, gold rose 1.17% to $4,392.78 an ounce for a second straight session — a move the old rulebook says should have knocked it down, since the 10-year Treasury yield sat near 5% and oil hovered around
Diesel and gasoil are settling at record highs even as U.S. West Texas Intermediate drops below $100 a barrel. Both facts are true at the same moment, and that gap between crude and refined fuel is the whole story. Capital Currents Crude oil futures fell sharply on Thursday as