Current price of silver as of Friday, October 16, 2026
At 7:45 a.m. Eastern Time today, silver exchanged hands at $57.84 per ounce. That’s a $1.13 uptick from 24 hours ago and more than a $3 gain over the past…
Read article →Current price of oil as of October 14, 2026
At 7:15 a.m. Eastern Time on October 14, 2026, the price of oil sits at $108.70 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s…
Read article →AI agents are on a shopping spree: Total transactions on Base blockchain eclipse 138 million, Chainalysis finds
The field of agentic commerce, which describes the use of AI agents to carry out internet transactions, is rapidly maturing, and crypto is fueling the boom. That’s according to a…
Read article →‘The island is second to none’: Trump says ‘massive’ oil, gas and mineral exploration set to begin in ‘our new and beautiful’ Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump said “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in “our new and beautiful Greenland ” early Wednesday, though it wasn’t clear what developments…
Read article →Current ARM mortgage rates report for Oct. 14, 2026
If you’re the type of homebuyer who is willing to deal with a little uncertainty in exchange for the possibility of getting a low rate, an adjustable-rate mortgage might be…
Read article →Home equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 14, 2026
Homeowners can access the value they’ve built in their property, whether through steady mortgage payments or an all-cash purchase, by taking out either a home equity loan or a home…
Read article →A growing security premium threatens Saudi Arabia’s investment project
Welcome to this week’s Fortune Gulf Brief. We’ll be covering: Saudi special report: we assess the outlook for the kingdom’s economy Abu Dhabi teams up with OpenAI and Microsoft to train government…
Read article →Europe, U.S. futures rise as semiconductor supplier ASML beats expectations
ASML, the Dutch company that is the only supplier of the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines needed to make the most advanced semiconductor chips, reported Q3 profits that beat expectations…
Read article →I spent years running AmeriCorps. The best job training in America isn’t happening in the classroom
For the first time since the New York Fed started tracking these numbers in 1990, a recent college graduate is more likely to be unemployed than American workers in general.…
Read article →Top CD rates from major banks on October 14, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and more
The nation’s largest banks (according to FDIC data) are currently advertising CD APYs as high as 4.40% (as of Oct. 14, 2026). Terms start at seven months and go up…
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