June 21, 2025
Gold Investing

Investors are buying gold, but silver struggles to keep up

In this presentation, Jeffrey Christian of CPM Group reviews current gold and silver investment demand and some of the factors driving markets. The video begins with a global focus for gold investment, where strong demand is evident. Jeff details the significant role of institutional investors, high-net-worth individuals, and retail investors in fueling this demand, particularly

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Fixed Assets

Hospital staff report 500 incidents of contaminated equipment a year

The sterilisation centre at Dunedin Hospital is not up to standard, a report by Te Whatu Ora shows About 500 incidents a year are reported by staff of theatre equipment being contaminated In 2021, five surgeries started before medical staff realised their instruments were not properly sterilised A new Dunedin Hospital is currently being built,

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Financial Assets

Federal court ruling sends student loans into forbearance

Uncertainty continues for millions of borrowers after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s Saving on A Valuable Education plan last week that’s designed to reduce student loan payments and provide forgiveness. Also known as the SAVE plan, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Department of Education cannot move forward with

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Tangible Assets

Gold SWOT: If gold is poised to move, gold stocks may finally be back in play

Frank Holmes is CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc., a boutique investment advisory firm based in San Antonio that manages domestic and offshore funds specializing in the natural resources and emerging markets sectors. The company’s no-load mutual funds include the Global Resources Fund (ticker PSPFX), the World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX)

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Financial Assets

What is forbearance? Why student loan borrowers woke up to notice

Student loans are holding borrowers back A new Gallup poll finds that most student loan borrowers are delaying other major life events due to their debt. President Joe Biden’s administration has worked to forgive or lower student loan repayments, but now one of the main programs helping millions of Americans is in court and borrowers

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Financial Assets

Tim Walz has no stocks, no bonds and doesn’t own a home

Tim Walz on JD Vance: ready to debate Democratice Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz campaigned with Kamala Harris on Tuesday — and said he’s looking forward to debating JD Vance. Fox – 2 Detroit WASHINGTON — Tim Walz’s personal finances are something of an anomaly in presidential politics: He has no investments. No bonds. No

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Tangible Assets

Gold Defies Headwinds of Dollar Strength, Higher Yields, and Jobless Claims

Amidst a confluence of factors typically bearish for the precious metal, gold prices managed to post solid gains on Thursday. This resilience in the face of economic data and market dynamics that would normally weigh on the yellow metal suggests the recent price correction may be nearing its end. According to the U.S. Labor Department,

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Financial Assets

US jury convicts Mozambique’s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang in ‘tuna bonds’ corruption case

NEW YORK — Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang was convicted Thursday in a bribe conspiracy case that welled up from from his country’s “ tuna bond ” scandal and swept into a U.S. court. A federal jury in New York delivered the verdict. Chang was accused of accepting payoffs to put his African nation

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Tangible Assets

Trademark lawyer sold ClintonKaine.com in 2016. He’s sitting on HarrisWalz.com

Jeremy Green Eche took a chance and purchased the website HarrisWalz.com for $8.99 in 2020 when then-Sen. Kamala Harris of California was seeking the Democratic nomination for president. “I just tried to grab her name and all the heartland governors I could think of,” he recalled Monday in an interview with The Associated Press. Four

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