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Gold rallies as Iran sanctions stoke haven demand

Gold (XAU/USD) price resumes its advance on Monday and refreshes three-month highs at $4,681 as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent crosses the wires to reveal sanctions on Iran-linked entities, while investors await a …

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Rout in Chipmakers Weighs on Broader Market

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is down by -0.27% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down by -1.00%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are down -0.26…

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Here’s how overvalued the stock market really is

Fidelity Investments, the big brokerage and mutual fund firm, long has had a rule protecting its small retail clients from plunging into initial public stock offerings while the shares were still subject to IPO-related …

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Bessent announces campaign to cut Iran from global economy

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new measures Monday evening aimed at further isolating Iran’s economy, in the hope that the sweeping pressure campaign he has described as the “largest economic offensive …

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The Dollar Index takes its orders from the Treasury

A currency whose central bank has held five times, prices no cut this year and still carries an increase by December should not be sitting at the bottom of its three-month range. The Dollar Index trades near 99.00, up 0…

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The Treasury bids and offers the Dow Jones Industrial Average

The same department that spent the morning telling the bond market it has roughly 950 billion Dollars available to hold long yields down will spend the afternoon announcing sanctions designed to tighten the oil chokepoi…

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British Pound holds firm as US sanctions on Iran loom

The Pound Sterling (GBP) holds firm against the US Dollar (USD) at around 1.3640 on Monday, with traders eyeing speeches by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Iran’s sanctions later in the day and by Federal Reserve…

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FTSE 100 today: Stocks close up as Iran sanctions loom

Global oil prices have fallen sharply and stock markets jumped after the US and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire deal that includes the reopening of the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.

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