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Gold pure gold bar models captured in Shanghai, China on March 15, 2026.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesGold and oil have been two of the hottest trades of the last 12 months, but one could be causing the other to falter now. What’s good for energy stocks may be bad for precious metals if the rally in crude means a rise in Treasury yields, which usually means lower gold prices.Sentiment has been shifting bearish in the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) over the past week, with put volumes approaching that of calls and almost twice as many calls being sold…

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The surge in crude prices is igniting traders’ appetite for one of the energy sector’s most notable leaders.Traders piled into bullish options trades on Occidental Petroleum (OXY) ahead of its earnings report on Tuesday, with call volumes outpacing puts 7-to-1, and three times as many calls bought in Monday’s session versus sold.Among the 10 biggest trades by dollar amount, nine were buying upside exposure via calls or call spreads.In one of the biggest trades of the day, one trader spent $175,000 on a call spread expiring this Friday. They bought just under 5,000 of the 63-strike calls in OXY and…

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U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival from Miami on May 3, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Florida. Roberto Schmidt | Getty ImagesThe Center for AI Standards and Innovation on Tuesday announced agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and Elon Musk’s xAI that will allow the U.S. government to evaluate artificial intelligence models before they are publicly available. CAISI, which sits under the U.S. Department of Commerce, will “conduct pre-deployment evaluations and targeted research to better assess frontier AI capabilities and advance the state of AI security,” according to a release. The announcement builds on CAISI’s previous…

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Committee Chairman Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) delivers an opening statement during the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chair of the Federal Reserve, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesSenate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is making a “significant mistake” by staying on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors after his term atop the central bank ends.”He’s breaking 75 years of precedent. Every time you get a new chairman, the…

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary defended himself in a CNBC interview aired Tuesday after months of pressure over recent drug rejections. The relentless heat reached a new fever pitch this week with a report from Bloomberg News detailing “paranoia, turmoil and backlash” at the agency under Makary’s tenure. An opinion piece from The Wall Street Journal asked if any administration official has created more headaches for President Donald Trump than Makary. The editorial specifically cited the FDA’s controversial rejection of a drug candidate for melanoma from Replimune. “I think that article in The Wall Street Journal is the ninth…

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To that end, the Ford EVDC currently has around 350 people working at Long Beach at any given time. Employees in outside offices that deal with manufacturing engineering and software, for example, bring the team size to around 480, but in Ford terms, that’s still a very small division. 4. A very simple drawing and drawing release system with great flexibility for making changes must be provided. This is an interesting one. EVDC is extremely well-equipped with everything from three types of 3D printers to a CNC mill bigger than my first three apartments (including one just for shaping full-size…

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