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The Gold Tax Surprise: When Gold Profits Get Taxed At 28 Percent Authored by Adam H. Douglas via The Epoch Times, If you bought gold during its 2023-2026 rally, you may be sitting on a large profit and a tax rule you have never heard of. Gold’s tax treatment can surprise investors, especially when selling after a major rally. Nattapon Saisaard/shutterstock The IRS classifies physical gold, and even the popular bullion-backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as collectibles, a category shared with art, stamps, and antiques. That classification changes the tax bill when you...

Rubio Issues Veiled Threat After France, Italy Are Latest NATO Allies To Block US Military Flights For Iran War Update(1320ET): We detailed earlier that more and more EU and NATO countries are moving to block US military flights operating in Iran. This includes Spain, Switzerland, Italy and now France.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared "without the United States there is no NATO." In a fresh Al Jazeera interview Rubio appeared to issue a veiled threat, suggesting the US could pull the tens of thousands of troops which 'defend Europe' out of...

Oil Falls Further As US Prepares Return Of Diplomats To Mideast Embassies There continue to be clear signals that the White House is moving away from the potential for renewed military action and instead settling in for a long economic siege campaign targeting Iran, on a permanent basis. The avoidance of more bombs away and with all the risks and uncertainty of a military 'solution' has seen oil prices drop. Energy prices are weakening also amid positive signals from Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, who just left Tehran after carrying...