Sprott Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:SGDM) and SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEMKT:GLD) both offer gold exposure, but SGDM holds gold mining companies while GLD tracks the price of physical gold, leading to significant differences in risk, performance, and trading liquidity. This comparison unpacks how those differences play out in costs, returns, risk, and what actually sits inside each ETF. Continue reading
Sprott Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT:SGDM) and SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEMKT:GLD) both offer gold exposure, but SGDM holds gold mining companies while GLD tracks the price of physical gold, leading to significant differences in risk, performance, and trading liquidity. This comparison unpacks how those differences play out in costs, returns, risk, and what actually sits inside each ETF. Continue reading
A member of the media raises her hand for a question as U.S. President Donald Trump talks while holding up renderings of the planned White House ballroom, aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., March 29, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Donald Trump is asking Congress to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion, the largest such request in decades and the lat...
A member of the media raises her hand for a question as U.S. President Donald Trump talks while holding up renderings of the planned White House ballroom, aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., March 29, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Donald Trump is asking Congress to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion, the largest such request in decades and the latest signal of the president's emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs. The 2027 plans for the Pentagon were confirmed in a White House outline of Trump's 2027 budget proposal released Friday. The White House summary says Trump's proposal would reduce nondefense spending by 10% by shifting some responsibilities to state and local governments. Even before the U.S.-led war against Iran, the Republican president had indicated he wanted to bolster defense spending to modernize the military for 21st-century threats. Separately, the Pentagon last month proposed $200 billion for the war effort and to backfill munitions and supplies. Trump, speaking ahead of an address to the nation this week about the Iran war, signaled the military is his priority, setting up a clash ahead in Congress. "We're fighting wars. We can't take care of day care," Trump said at a private White House event Wednesday. "It's not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare - all these individual things," he said. "They can do it on a state basis. You can't do it on a federal." The president's annual budget more broadly is considered a reflection of the administration's values and does not carry the force of law. The massive document typically highlights an administration's priorities, but Congress, which handles federal spending issues, is free to reject it and often does. With the nation running nearly $2 trillion annual deficits and the debt swelling past $39 trillion, the federal balance sheets have long been operating in the red. About two-thirds of the nation's estim...
Treasuries fell as a solid reading of the US labor market prompted traders to reduce bets the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates this year. The decline in Friday’s shortened trading session pushed yields higher by three to five basis points, led by the policy-sensitive two-year. Traders priced in only about a basis point of Fed easing this year, compared to about four basis points before th...
Treasuries fell as a solid reading of the US labor market prompted traders to reduce bets the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates this year. The decline in Friday’s shortened trading session pushed yields higher by three to five basis points, led by the policy-sensitive two-year. Traders priced in only about a basis point of Fed easing this year, compared to about four basis points before the report. The Fed is “increasingly likely to be on hold through June, perhaps further,” said David Robin , an interest-rate strategist at TJM Institutional Services LLC. “This is pre-conflict data, but nevertheless shows a higher base line.” The latest employment report offered a positive picture of the US employment market in March, showing an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate. But focus in the $31 trillion Treasuries market remains on the conflict in the Middle East. Bond investors have been torn between growth and inflation concerns tied to the war-driven surge in energy prices. Yields have largely been tracking an upswing in oil prices since the US attacked Iran in late February as angst grew around the risk that a potential resurgence of inflation would cause the Fed to delay any rate cuts. In a matter of weeks, traders went from pricing in multiple quarter-point reductions this year to wagering on a potential hike. They’ve since tempered those bets. With oil-market trading closed on Friday ahead of the Easter holiday, three tankers broadcasting Omani ownership appeared to have navigated the Strait of Hormuz by hugging their home country’s coastline. Yields on two-year notes were up five basis points to 3.85%, while those on 10-year securities rose to 4.35% in Friday’s shortened trading session , which will end at 12 p.m. New York time. Also on Friday, President Donald Trump was seeking a dramatic rise in defense spending as part of discretionary budget proposal.
PNC Financial ( PNC ) declares $1.70/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 3.21% Payable May 5; for shareholders of record April 14; ex-div April 14. See PNC Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth.
PNC Financial ( PNC ) declares $1.70/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 3.21% Payable May 5; for shareholders of record April 14; ex-div April 14. See PNC Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth.
Trump Says 'A Little More Time' Needed To Open Hormuz, 'Take The Oil & Make A Fortune' - As Israel Hit Hard During Passover Summary Trump: US needs "a little more time" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz , while floating the prospect of seizing oil amid potential island or ground campaign Iran and Hezbollah fire 140+ rockets during Jewish Passover , with sustained barrages hitting Israel French-owned ...
Trump Says 'A Little More Time' Needed To Open Hormuz, 'Take The Oil & Make A Fortune' - As Israel Hit Hard During Passover Summary Trump: US needs "a little more time" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz , while floating the prospect of seizing oil amid potential island or ground campaign Iran and Hezbollah fire 140+ rockets during Jewish Passover , with sustained barrages hitting Israel French-owned vessel becomes first Western-linked/European ship to transit Hormuz since war began, signaling a tentative thaw after weeks of near-total shipping freeze Iran targets Gulf infrastructure, including a Kuwaiti desalination plant , while UAE defenses intercept large-scale missile and drone waves and energy facilities face disruptions * * * 'More Time' To Retake Strait, 'Make A Fortune': Trump With some US Special Forces units already in the region, and with thousands more Marines and Sailors en route, and after Trump earlier floated at least two to three more weeks of major strikes on Iran, the president on Friday morning wrote on Truth Social that "with a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE... This as the question of some kind of direct ground intervention, likely starting with strategic islands near the Strait, could be unfolding. Certainly the timeline has stayed open-ended and keeps getting extended with pledges of just 'a little more time'. Easily? And this more specific threat was issued a day earlier, the same day as Iran's B1 bridge getting destroyed by a deadly double-tap strike... Over 140 Rockets Rain Down During Passover in Israel It's the Passover period in Israel, and Iranian and Hezbollah missiles have been unrelenting, with The Wall Street Journal documenting that they unleashed more than 140 rockets and missiles on Israel, citing the Israeli military - highlighting sustained firepower more than five weeks into the war, and after various estimates have claimed Iran's stockpile is diminishing. Tehran fired rough...
Markets move in mysterious ways. Just ask shareholders in USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) , who watched on as the company's stock declined by 19.9% in March, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . The company made several positive announcements throughout the month. Still, the broad-based market sell-off, driven by events in the Persian Gulf, prompted investors to shift to so-called...
Markets move in mysterious ways. Just ask shareholders in USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) , who watched on as the company's stock declined by 19.9% in March, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . The company made several positive announcements throughout the month. Still, the broad-based market sell-off, driven by events in the Persian Gulf, prompted investors to shift to so-called haven investments and away from more speculative investments like USA Rare Earth. The company is certainly a high-risk and high-reward investment. The upside potential from its potential to help provide a domestic supply of critical rare-earth magnets sourced from U.S. non-China sourced materials. Moreover, as outlined previously, USA Rare Earth is uniquely positioned as its Round Top deposit (which it plans to begin commercial production from in 2028) is rich in heavy rare-earth elements (HREEs). Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading