Gold remains depressed below monthly peak, looks to US PPI for some impetus – FXStreet

Gold prices have retreated from near monthly highs that were retested earlier this week on Tuesday. Bulls chose to reduce their bets amid a bullish risk environment and ahead of the release of US inflation data. Geopolitical risks and expectations of a 50bps rate cut by the Fed will help cap the decline. Gold prices […]
Fitch Doesn’t See Bottom of Office CRE Mess, Sees CMBS Delinquency Rates Spike Way Past Financial Crisis Peak in 2025

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes A big driver is the “secular decline in the office market” that even slashed interest rates would not end. There has been a recent flurry of declarations by big fund managers with exposure to the office sector of commercial real estate that office CRE has “bottomed out,” or is “near […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Why Policymakers Should Reject The IEA’s Silly Peak Oil Notions

OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghaith said in a statement posted on the organization’s website on Thursday that the concept of “peak oil demand” is nowhere to be found in the organization’s forecasts of future global crude demand. “[A]Looking to the future, the versatility of oil is what ensures that peak oil demand is not likely to […]
War, disastrous sex and a lot of lawsuits: the chaotic aftermath of Motown’s peak years | Motown records

MaMotown Records famously churned out songs like an assembly line, and the songwriting team Holland, Dozier, Holland (HDH) (brothers Eddie and Brian Holland and the late Lamont Dozier) forged some of the company’s most illustrious and feel-good models, penning such mega-hits as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave,” The Four Tops’ “Reach Out I’ll […]
I was earning six-figures and at the peak of my career — here’s why I quit

Chloe Taylor was at the peak of her career and earning six figures when she decided to retire. The Sydney lawyer had been a practising lawyer for over six years but had never really felt “passionate” about his work. TaylorThe 34-year-old was living in Sydney and earning between $150,000 (US$99,330) and $200,000 (US$133,240) a year, […]
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, April 2024 Update. Biggest Price Drops from 2022 Peak in San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Portland, Denver, Las Vegas, Dallas

New Highs in Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, Chicago… The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, released today and dubbed “March,” is a three-month moving average of home prices whose sales were entered into public records in January, February, and March. So that’s the time-frame we’re looking at here. It reflects Rate-Cut Mania that commenced in […]
Cherry blossom peak bloom dates revealed | FOX 5 DC

The 2023 peak bloom date predictions for D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms have been revealed! READ MORE: … source
Climber found dead on Alaska’s Denali, the highest peak in North America

A climber was found dead on Monday on Mount Denali, North America’s highest mountain, authorities said. The day before, his family told rangers they hadn’t heard from him in several days. Denali National Park Conservancy said in a statement that the climber used a satellite communication device to contact his family while climbing Denali alone. […]
DeSantis’ ban on lab-grown meat is peak culture war

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) won’t live in the pod and won’t eat the bugs. In fact, he would make sure no one in Florida would ever do that, even if they wanted to. Last week, the governor signed SB1084Florida beginning US states to ban “artificial meat” for consumers.Despite the fresh federation seal of approval […]
Hillary Clinton-produced play ‘Suffs’ failing to pack seats during peak Broadway season

The Broadway box office for the week of May 5th revealed that the Hillary Clinton-produced play “Suffus” ranked last in terms of full seats. The Broadway League, the official website for the Broadway theater industry, shared weekly box office figures for the 35 shows currently playing on Broadway. This includes “Suffice”, “Harry Potter and the […]