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Gold Giant Bundesbank Signals An Open Vote Of No Confidence in Global Monetary Stability

Gold Giant Bundesbank Signals An Open Vote Of No Confidence in Global Monetary Stability Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The German Bundesbank hoards the second-largest gold reserves among central banks. The precious metal serves as an insurance policy for both states and private individuals. Its massive price surge shows

Rutte Says Post-Ukraine Peace To Include NATO Boots By Air, Land & Sea

Rutte Says Post-Ukraine Peace To Include NATO Boots By Air, Land & Sea NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the so-called "coalition of the willing" will deploy forces across Ukraine – on land, at sea, and in the air – once a peace agreement with Russia is signed,

More Europe? Draghi Pushes For Federalization As Answer To Europe’s Decline

More Europe? Draghi Pushes For Federalization As Answer To Europe's Decline Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Former Italian prime minister and former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has urged European Union member states to move toward a more federal structure, warning that Europe risks economic

Vanguard ETF & Mutual Fund Fee Cuts (February 2026)

Vanguard just announced a new round of expense ratio drops spanning 53 funds (roughly 25% of them), totaling close to $250 million in fee reductions in 2026. See their press release and full list of changes. This comes almost exactly a year after their February 2025 cuts which

The Indo-US Trade Deal Might Sharply Shift The Direction Of The Global Systemic Transition

The Indo-US Trade Deal Might Sharply Shift The Direction Of The Global Systemic Transition Authored by Andrew Korybko, Trump unexpectedly announced an Indo-US trade deal on Monday whereby US tariffs on Indian imports will drop to 18% while India will reduce its tariffs on US imports to zero. He also

AI’s Next Frontier Is Physical As Humanoid Robots Begin March On Assembly Lines And Beyond

AI's Next Frontier Is Physical As Humanoid Robots Begin March On Assembly Lines And Beyond Humanoid robotics is transitioning from prototype to production by late 2026 and into 2027. The market, currently valued at roughly $3 billion, is projected to expand to $40 billion under Barclays' base-case outlook,

Defunding ICE Is A Politically Toxic Position For The Democrats

Defunding ICE Is A Politically Toxic Position For The Democrats In recent weeks, calls to defund or even abolish ICE have ramped up from the Democratic Party, particularly after the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. However, despite their rhetoric, American voters are far more aligned with

Epstein, Western Decline, & The Moral Collapse Of The Elites

Epstein, Western Decline, & The Moral Collapse Of The Elites Authored by Lucas Leiroz, January 2026 marks a rupture. It is no longer possible to treat the Epstein case as a sexual scandal involving powerful individuals. What has now come to light – documents, images, records, explicit connections –

Is a House Still a Good Investment Right Now?

My favorite CFO, Bill Sweet, joined us on the show again this week to answer questions about Roth 401ks, using margin in your portfolio, balancing retirement accounts and how a 22-year-old should save for retirement. Plus we asked Bill a bunch of tax questions to prepare for the

Historical Returns For Stocks, Bonds, Cash, Housing & Gold (2025)

I’m going through my annual tradition of updating historical return data now that we’ve turned the calendar on another year. Some people have resolutions. I have spreadsheets. Aswath Damodaran updates annual returns for stocks, bonds, cash, gold and housing at NYU each year going back to 1928. I

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