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Current price of gold as of August 21, 2026

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“We can grow our way out of that,” the Treasury Secretary told CNBC on Thursday.

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Decades of home-price gains made older Americans wealthy on paper. Debt and rising costs are making that wealth harder to live on

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A possible circuit split could determine whether federal commodities law overrides state gambling rules.

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Klarna wants its next CFO in New York. That’s a signal to Wall Street

Niclas Neglén is stepping down as finance chief, and the company’s next CFO will need capital markets credibility, says a recruiting expert.

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Bessent becomes most interventionist Treasury chief in decades

Expanded bond buybacks and yen purchases mark an unusually activist approach, but widening deficits could limit its effectiveness

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Ethereum isn’t just digital money; it’s a decentralized computing platform, meaning users can build and run apps on it without oversight of a company or bank.

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CD rates are currently at their highest compared to recent years, with many yielding over 4% APYs

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Our growth has come at a time when the investment landscape is more complicated than ever. It’s no coincidence.

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Why the bond market is acting like it did before the Great Recession

The 30-year Treasury yield has climbed back above 5%, its 2007 level, as investors confront inflation, deficits and a surge in AI-related borrowing.

By Stan Choe, Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 20, 2026
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Ethereum isn’t just digital money; it’s a decentralized computing platform, meaning users can build and run apps on it without oversight of a company or bank.

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Mortgage rates today, Aug. 21, 2026: Rates tick up slightly
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Compare average mortgage rates on different types of home loans so you can pick the best mortgage for your needs as you house shop.

By Glen Luke FlanaganAugust 21, 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerAugust 21, 2026
Target’s second straight comeback quarter boosted by nearly $1 billion Trump tariff refund

Shoppers returned and sales rose 3.8%, but the government’s tariff refund supplied $1.65 of Target’s $4.11 in quarterly earnings.

By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressAugust 20, 2026
Gen Z forced to rewrite the American Dream in the ‘Great Postponement’: Fixer-uppers, side hustles and doing life out of order

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The Johns Hopkins professor has spent five decades traveling the world, fighting for the cause of sound money. He’s taking on his biggest dragon yet.

By Shawn TullyAugust 20, 2026
The great climate change Champagne race, as grape ripening shrinks from 100 to 80 days: ‘We’ve never seen anything like it’

Extreme heat and drought have triggered Champagne’s earliest harvest on record, forcing growers to race to preserve the wine’s quality.

By Sylvie Corbet, Nicolas Garriga and The Associated PressAugust 20, 2026
AI is becoming a financial engineering business

As large language models become more interchangeable, balance sheets will matter as much as tech breakthroughs in the AI race. 

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Political backlash must now be “underwritten like land, power or labor,” the investment bank said.

By Nick LichtenbergAugust 20, 2026
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The U.S. Treasury’s bond-buyback announcement helped send Bitcoin up nearly 6% with one analyst saying a broader recovery may be afoot.

By Camila Grigera NaónAugust 19, 2026
How the UAE has emerged as a ‘leading light’ for tokenization  

Coinbase’s decision to base its global tokenization hub in Abu Dhabi is the latest sign that the emirate’s bet on regulated digital assets is paying off—with $500 billion in GCC assets predicted to move onto blockchain by 2030.

By Melissa HancockAugust 19, 2026
‘The great quantum migration’ is coming as more than $2 trillion in digital assets is at risk—nearly the entire value of the overall crypto market

According to Quantus CEO Christoper Smith, digital assets are secured by elliptic-curve cryptography that is vulnerable to quantum computing.

By Joshua HongAugust 15, 2026
Tether has the gold. Now, CEO Paolo Ardoino is making a bold push into AI

A KPMG audit appears to establish the legitimacy of Tether’s reserves. Meanwhile, the company’s ambitions are scaling far beyond crypto.

By Jeff John RobertsAugust 17, 2026
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