The price of gold today, July 28, 2026 — and the best places to buy
Gold’s spot price — or its current trading value — today as of 9:00 a.m. ET is $4,031.77 per ounce, according to CNBC’s Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That’s slightly lower than Monday’s price, when it traded at $4,082.78 per ounce at the same time.
Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts,
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Read MoreHow much will Social Security benefits go up next year? Here’s when you’ll know
Rising inflation means Social Security recipients could get their highest cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, since 2023. They’ll have to wait a while longer, however, to find out exactly how much their checks will increase.
Social Security’s COLA is determined by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers,
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Read MoreDow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: Nasdaq futures slide as AI concerns mount ahead of Big Tech earnings
Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: Nasdaq futures slide over 1% as AI, China concerns weigh ahead of Big Tech earnings
Nasdaq futures fell more than 1% on Tuesday, reflecting growing investor caution toward AI and semiconductor stocks ahead of a crucial week of Big Tech earnings.
Read MoreTextron (TXT) Q2 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
For the quarter ended June 2026, Textron (TXT) reported revenue of $3.83 billion, up 3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.62, compared to $1.55 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.15% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.82 billion.
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AppLovin’s Rally Hits a Rough Patch
After an extraordinary run that sent shares soaring nearly 300% over the past year, AppLovin suddenly lost momentum in early October. The sell-off came as a shock to investors who had watched the ad-tech company become one of Wall Street’s brightest stars.
The trigger was a Bloomberg report revealing that the SEC had opened an investigation into AppLovin’s data-collection practices.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Why Did Buffett Buy Google?
When Berkshire Hathaway showed up with a new position in Alphabet, more than a few eyebrows went up. Alphabet, after all, is pursuing everything from autonomous driving to quantum computing, hardly the plain-vanilla playbook Buffett made famous.
But once you dig in, the move becomes far less mysterious. Alphabet is still, above all else,
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Buffett Would Love This Moat, Freeport’s Hidden Growth Engine
In the short run, tariff headlines can turn Mr. Market into a nervous wreck. In the long run, owners do fine by owning scarce, low-cost assets run by rational people. Freeport-McMoRan fits that bill.
U.S. copper prices sold off after Washington excluded refined copper from its new 50% tariffs and instead targeted semi-finished products like wire,
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