The price of gold today, August 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 $4,598.89 per ounce, according to CNBC’s Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That’s higher than Thursday’s price, when it traded at $4,584.96 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 MoreFed Chair Warsh signals rate hikes may be needed with inflation still elevated
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Friday that inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he had sent previously about his economic outlook.
In his first high-profile speech at the Fed’s annual conference at Jackson Hole,
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Read MoreFed Chairman Kevin Warsh stays quiet on interest rates but calls inflation ‘concerning’
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Inflation is the Federal Reserve’s biggest problem, but investors are going to have to figure out for themselves when officials will step in, Chairman Kevin Warsh said Friday in remarks prepared for his speech at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The US economy is at “full employment,” Warsh said in the remarks for the prominent gathering of central bankers,
Read MoreWar weighs on Iran's economy as US intensifies sanctions
SANCTIONS COMPOUND TOLL ON IRAN’S ECONOMY
Washington has warned countries to cut business ties with Iran or face secondary sanctions, though the Treasury Department stopped short of imposing penalties against major Iranian trade partners such as China and India, which could have repercussions for the US and global economies.
The Treasury imposed sanctions on Egypt’s Banque Misr for doing business with Tehran,
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Read MoreThe Burst
Could This Tiny Nuclear Company Power the Future of Data and AI?
NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) isn’t your typical energy company. It’s a trailblazing player in nuclear innovation, aiming to rewrite how the world generates clean, consistent power. Rather than betting on sprawling, billion-dollar nuclear facilities, NuScale is going small, really small, with its modular reactors, designed to be trucked in and switched on as needed.
It sounds futuristic.
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Is AppLovin Still a Buy After Its Incredible Run?
AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) has had the kind of year investors dream about. The mobile app marketing and advertising platform, best known for its strength in mobile gaming has seen its stock rocket more than 5x over the past 12 months, fueled by relentless revenue growth and eye-popping profits.
With a move that big,
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You Can’t Pick Tesla, So Which EV Wins?
Few realize that Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) traces part of its engineering DNA back to Atieva, a company that initially specialized in developing advanced battery systems for Formula E racing teams. Before the high-profile splash of the Lucid Air sedan, Lucid’s engineers were quietly perfecting electric drivetrains in the crucible of motorsports.
This racing pedigree helped the company engineer a powertrain that offers truly impressive range—up to 516 miles on a single charge for the Lucid Air Grand Touring edition,
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