Gold and silver fall
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Precious metals have become the latest victim of rising inflation expectations and dimming hopes of global interest-rate cuts.
Bullion slipped as much as 2.1% as the dollar and bond yields rallied after a Wall Street Journal report that the Pentagon is sending three warships and thousands of additional Marines to the Middle E
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Wyoming socks away millions in gold in a vault
Wyoming's newest asset isn't in a bank tower—it's stacked in an old newspaper building on the edge of Casper. Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Jared Mitovich reports that the state quietly spent about $10 million in December on 2,
Silver futures finished lower for the fifth consecutive session, with the front-month contract falling 0.9% to $79.53 a troy ounce.