The personal savings rate in the US is approaching very low levels, near 3.5%. Savings levels were as high as 30% during COVID, but have decreased since then...

Gold price surges to a fresh record high of $5,579 before retreating to around $5,500 in early Asian trading on Thursday.

The S&P 500 finished the day flat ahead of a following uneventful Fed meeting that revealed little new beyond the view that the economy remains in reasonable shape.

The MSCI Global Index closed up more than 21%, marking the sixth time in seven years with double-digit gains.