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Gold Faces a Real-Yield Wall as September Hike Odds Rise

December gold futures opened at $4,135.20 per troy ounce Monday, up 0.7% from Friday’s settlement, then rolled over inside two hours. By 7:58 a.m. ET the contract had slipped to $4,111.50. Spot metal traded $4,045.55 at…

July Fed Meeting Strengthens Case for Short Duration Bonds

Advisors and investors of all kinds are used to closely watching the outcome of each of the Federal Reserve’s meetings, given how critical interest rates are to equity and fixed income markets alike. However, the recent…

Strategy Sells 1,637 BTC as Bitcoin Holdings Fall to 842,138

Strategy sold 1,638 BTC for approximately $104.7 million between July 27 and August 2, at an average price of $63,957 per Bitcoin. The company used about half of the proceeds to fund preferred stock dividends, while the…

Inflation – Back in Focus?

In our latest weekend video, Inflation – Back in Focus?, Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO/CIO Steve Cucchiaro revisit inflation, a topic many investors thought was fading into the background. With Federal…