Foreign and Domestic Investments Totaling Over $5T Under Trump: Adds 451k Jobs for Americans

U.S. investment under President Donald Trump’s administration has reached more than $5 trillion, and is expected to generate hundreds-of-thousands of jobs, according to an analysis of company announcements and reports from industry experts.

In total, through both domestic and foreign investments from four different countries, various U.S. industries and manufacturers have garnered roughly $5.2 trillion in investments since January 20. In turn, these commitments are estimated to generate at least 451,000 new jobs for Americans. Continue reading →

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‘Trump Just Caved to Big Pharma — Again’: New Order Aims to Delay Drug Price Negotiations

“Extending negotiation delay periods is nothing but a total capitulation to the demands of drug corporation lobbyists,” said one advocate.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that aims to delay Medicare negotiations for a broad category of prescription drugs, handing the deep-pocketed pharmaceutical industry a major win as it lobbies aggressively against efforts to rein in its pricing power. Continue reading →

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Big Government is the Largest Driver of Inflation

In 2020, state governments forced many businesses to close their doors temporarily for “15 days to stop the spread”. Fifteen days turned into months, and in the progressive state of California it was longer than a year. Knowing that cutting off people’s ability to work and generate income would have disastrous economic consequences, the government directly and indirectly compensated people to stay home. This created a drop in the productivity of goods and services while the newly found free time and money from the treasury resulted in an increased demand for the limited amount of stock available during the pandemic. As a result, inflation shot up causing a rise in prices. Continue reading →

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Family of Four Grocery Haul Hit $380 ~ Pre-COVID This Was $200

Are we ALL just Accepting this?

This weekend, I dropped $380 on groceries for my family of four. No fancy charcuterie boards, no organic quinoa – just basics like milk, eggs, pasta, chicken, and veggies. The kicker? Pre-pandemic, the exact same haul cost around $200.

Let that sink in: Grocery inflation has nearly DOUBLED my “survival” budget in 4 years. Continue reading →

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Gold Hits $3,400 (+) As US Dollar Weakens ~ Trade Uncertainty Grows

Gold prices reached an all-time high of $3,404 per ounce in pre-market trading on Monday, driven by a weakening U.S. dollar and growing uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the dollar against a basket of six major currencies, fell to 98.30, its lowest level since March 2022, in pre-market trade on Monday. Continue reading →

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Lost Dutchman’s Biggest Secret REVEALED!: Gold Hidden in the Superstition Mountains Found!

…and you WONDER where the name “Sierra Madre Precious Metals” came from? ~ Editor

In this jaw-dropping episode of Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains, Larry Hedrick unveils one of the Lost Dutchman’s biggest secrets – the Dutchman didn’t trust banks! Instead, he hid his gold ore deep within the Superstition Mountains. But that’s not all! Bob Garman and Travis Tumlinson uncovered this hidden treasure. Larry reveals the incredible story of what happened to the gold and the exact spot where they found it. Don’t miss this thrilling discovery that could change everything you know about the Lost Dutchman legend! Continue reading →

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As Gold Soars, the Dollar Sinks: Forbes Warns US Headed Towards 1970s-Style Inflation Nightmare

“A weakening US dollar ‘always leads to future inflation’ ~ Steve Forbes

Forbes Chairman and editor-in-chief Steve Forbes warns over U.S. prices going up amid global tariff tensions and weighs in on Federal Reserve leadership.

Tariffs, the Fed and America’s crumbling reserve currency – the economic volatility is painting a gloomy fiscal picture that will result in a recessionary slowdown, according to one expert. Continue reading →

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$4,000 Gold Price Is Coming as Risk Assets Crack

“Gold, Mr. Bond.”

Gold’s rally past $3,200 an ounce may only be the beginning of a much larger move, potentially toward $4,000, as traditional safe havens fracture, Bitcoin falters, and the U.S. stock market teeters at historically extreme valuations. That’s the view of Mike McGlone, Senior Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, who told Kitco News in a wide-ranging interview that we are witnessing “the beginning of a bear market in the U.S. stock market” and a paradigm shift that favors precious metals.

“We’re putting in a pretty good base now around $3,000. It’s going to head into $4,000, the question is time. Anything in between there is for the traders, which I used to do.” Continue reading →

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Goldman Raises Year-End Gold Forecast to $3,700/oz

Goldman Sachs has increased its year-end gold forecast to $3,700 per troy ounce (toz), citing stronger-than-expected central bank demand and heightened recession risks impacting ETF inflows.

The investment bank, whose previous year-end forecast was $3,300, said it expected central bank demand to average 80 tonnes per month, up from its previous assumption of 70 tons and well above the pre-2022 baseline of 17 tons per month. Continue reading →

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State Auditor Finds $400 Million in Government WASTE!

Mississippi officials have calculated there are hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government waste.

According to Fox News, state auditor Shad White is set to release a compilation of findings from his office that shows a collective $400 million in wasted funds. Continue reading →

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