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XAU/USD Current Price: $4,434The US Dollar resumed its advance amid escalating Middle East tensions. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh opened the door for a September rate hike. XAU/USD is bearish in the near term; the next downside hurdle is at $4,400.Spot Gold trades in the $4,430 price zone on Monday, extending its slide at the start of the week as the US Dollar (USD) surges amid renewed tensions in the Middle East. Over the weekend, Iran and the United States (US) crossed fire around the Strait of Hormuz following a few weeks of tense calm. Speculation that the conflict will…

The Aussie Dollar keeps the trade in the upper end of its recent range following last week’s piercing of the key 0.7200 hurdle against the US Dollar. Indeed, AUD/USD has been gaining momentum since early July, mostly underpinned by the RBA’s hawkish bias, while still sticky domestic inflation continues to bring some cushion against occasional bouts of weakness.The Australian Dollar (AUD) starts the week in a positive footing, prompting AUD/USD to bounce off the mid-0.7100s and partially recoup Friday’s marked losses. The attention, thus, has now shifted back to the 0.7200 yardstick and beyond. The improved sentiment around the pair follows…

August 2026 may ultimately be remembered as the month the hard-asset trade stopped looking like a collection of isolated rallies and started behaving like a genuine macro regime.Gold and Silver exploded higher smashing through key technical levels to deliver some of their biggest intraday percentage gains in recent history.Silver, in particular, staged one of its most dramatic vertical advances in years. From a recent low near $54 an ounce to almost $70, Silver climbed close to 30% in a matter of weeks.Gold was equally relentless. From below $4,000 an ounce to above $4,700, the precious metal delivered a move of…

Kushner’s comments come just days after Uefa asked a court in New York to approve subpoenas for testimony and documents from both the American billionaire and Thrive as it considers lodging a criminal complaint against Infantino in Switzerland. European football’s governing body Uefa has led the rebellion against the Fifa president, who is facing calls to stand down.In a statement, Kushner said: “Money in football has historically been concentrated amongst a small group of countries.”The idea behind FFE was to direct more capital and equity equally amongst all 211 member countries, providing significantly more investment to underdeveloped nations to nurture…

The governor of the Bank of England has warned G20 finance ministers that artificial intelligence could cause a global economic downturn and pose a significant cyber security risk to financial systems.Andrew Bailey said any collapse of growth in the AI sector could lead to a “future market correction” that spreads worldwide.In an open letter to finance ministers in the US on Monday, he said companies around the world should prepare for security breaches “involving simultaneous disruption across multiple firms”. Earlier this month, a group of 100 firms, including Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI, urged countries and groups to beef up…

AUD/USD trades in a narrow range on Monday as markets weigh hawkish expectations from both the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Federal Reserve (Fed). At the time of writing, the pair trades around 0.7167, with a modest pullback in the US Dollar (USD) helping cushion the downside.Fed rate hike bets regained traction following Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium on Friday. Warsh emphasized that inflation remains well above target and reiterated that interest rates are the Fed’s primary tool to restore price stability.Following Warsh’s remarks, traders repriced September rate hike bets, sending the US Dollar to…

On 9/1/26, Great-West Lifeco Inc’s Non-Cumulative First Preferred Shares, Series M (TSX: GWO-PRM.TO) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3625, payable on 9/29/26. As a percentage of GWO.PRM’s recent share price of $25.82, this dividend works out to approximately 1.40%, so look for shares of GWO.PRM to trade 1.40% lower — all else being equal — when GWO.PRM shares open for trading on 9/1/26. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 5.62%. As of last close, GWO.PRM was trading at a 3.28% premium to its liquidation preference amount. Investors should keep in mind that the shares…

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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Proponents of autonomous vehicle technology have long argued that robotaxis and other self-driving vehicles will reduce crash incidents and make roads safer. And there is some evidence of that. But that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been a cost to those who are working (or have worked) for the companies developing that tech.  Sean O’Kane, senior reporter, special projects, dug into…