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09.07.26 - 07:24
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US stock markets fall amid Iran strikes and potential higher interest rates (The Guardian)
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Dow down 1.09%, or 500 points, as S&P 500 sees a small loss and tech-heavy Nasdaq rises slightlyMiddle East crisis liveUS stock markets fell on Wednesday as the US continued strikes on Iran and the Federal Reserve flagged concerns that would warrant higher interest rates.Donald Trump's declaration at the Nato summit in Ankara that the Iran-US ceasefire is over sent oil prices sharply higher on Wednesday. Brent crude, the global benchmark, jumped more than 5% to crest $80 a barrel. US stocks fell in step, with the Dow down 1.09%, or 500 points, at closing Wednesday afternoon. The S&P 500 saw a small loss while the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose slightly. Global stocks had fallen earlier in the day, with the UK's FTSE 100 down 1% as Japan's Nikkei fell 2.1%. Continue reading......
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09.07.26 - 07:03
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Fed-Protokolle zeigen wachsende Sorge der US-Währungshüter über Inflation (Reuters)
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Der neue Fed-Chef Kevin Warsh hat die Notenbank auf der ersten Sitzung unter seiner Leitung auf die Bekämpfung der Inflation eingeschworen. Dies kam in dem expliziten Bekenntnis zum Ausdruck, für Preisstabilität zu sorgen. Wie aus den am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Protokollen der Juni-Sitzung weiter hervorgeht, kamen die Währungshüter zugleich überein, im Begleittext zum Zinsentscheid eine Formulierung zu streichen, die auf eine Tendenz zur geldpolitischen Lockerung bei künftigen Entscheidungen hingedeutet hatte. Warsh hat sich vorgenommen, die Notenbank zu reformieren. Er ließ dabei auf seiner ersten Pressekonferenz als Notenbankchef Kritik an der Arbeit der Fed unter seinem Vorgänger Jerome Powell anklingen, die die Inflation in den vergangenen Jahren nicht in den Griff bekommen habe..
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08.07.26 - 19:54
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The Great Migration: What The Dow-To-Gold Ratio Is Telling Us (ZeroHedge)
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The Great Migration: What The Dow-To-Gold Ratio Is Telling Us
Authored by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com,
It takes about 13 ounces of gold to buy the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow-to-gold ratio prices the entire American stock market. And it does it in the one currency no central bank can print. Over the past century, it tells the same story.
It measures when the US stock market is overvalued… when it's promising too much.
And there are a lot of promises that don't look as good as they should these days.
A bond pays only if the issuer stays solvent.
A dollar holds its value only if the people who print it show restraint.
Yet, tangible wealth answers to no one. An ounce of gold is worth an ounce of gold whether a single counterparty keeps their word, which is what makes gold an honest denominator in the Dow-to-Gold ratio.
The ratio goes up, and it comes down. During the great manias of the twentieth century, paper looked invincible: 18 ounces to buy the Dow in 1929, 28 in ...
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