Gold Dec 24 (GCZ24.CMX)
| Pre. Settlement | N/A |
| Settlement date | 2024-12-27 |
| Open | 2,150.60 |
| Bid | 2,157.30 |
| Last price | 2,149.40 |
| Day's range | 2,145.60 - 2,186.60 |
| Volume | |
| Ask | 2,190.00 |
BenzingaWall Street Banker Pays $2 Million Sight Unseen For Coal Mine Then Discovers It's Filled With $37 Billion Worth Of Rare Earth Elements
Former Wall Street banker Randall Atkins got a lot more than he bargained for when he paid $2 million for a Wyoming coal mine without even seeing it in 2012. At the time, he planned to make money selling coal from his mine to other plants. That was before he conducted a study in conjunction with the Department of Energy and discovered he was sitting on a treasure worth more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of some small countries. It turns out that his coal mine was also home to an estimate
- Reuters
GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares climb, dollar falls with Fed comments inspiring dovish bets
MSCI's global stock index rose on Friday and marked its fifth straight weekly gain while U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar fell on the day as investors were encouraged by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's vow to move "carefully" on interest rates. Treasury yields fell after Powell said the risks of hiking interest rates too much and slowing the economy more than necessary have become "more balanced" with the risks of not hiking enough to control inflation.
- Reuters
GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares gain, dollar falls with Fed comments inspiring dovish bets
MSCI's global stock index gained ground on Friday, while U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar were lower after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed to move "carefully" on interest rates. Treasury yields fell after Powell said the risks of hiking interest rates too much and slowing the economy more than necessary have become "more balanced" with the risks of not hiking enough to control inflation.
