Current price of silver as of Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026

At 6:45 a.m. Eastern Time on August 18, 2026, silver stood at $65.12 per ounce. That marks a 36-cent decrease from this time yesterday and more than a $27 rise compared with one year ago.

UK employers shed jobs as labour market weakens further

Official figures also show unemployment slightly higher than forecasts

AI: like a debt machine

Credit (and rates) markets reel from rise and rise of hyperscaler issuance

The difficult truth about Jason Arday

From the beginning, investigations were accompanied by a cloud of excessive references to his race

Why eyewear stores are taking over London’s high streets

Private equity-backed brands such as Cubitts, Ace & Tate and Jimmy Fairly compete for scale in financially alluring sector

Can canned cocktails revive the booze business?

Young customers are flocking to ‘ready-to-drink’ beverages as other alcohol sales slump

Chris Hohn’s hedge fund TCI bets on Italian luxury hotels

Billionaire stockpicker has stakes in loans to landmark properties in Venice, Capri, Lake Como and Milan

‘Not worth the squeeze’: global private equity makes zero deals in China

Firms avoid new equity investments as Beijing tightens scrutiny of foreign capital in sensitive sectors

How a Pesky Jordan Copycat Dribbled Around Nike in China

Qiaodan has gone from a minor irritant to a sophisticated operator nibbling away at Nike in its biggest overseas market

U.S. strategic reserves are getting so low it threatens damaging the 60 underground salt caverns storing American oil

Strategic oil inventories have reached a 40-year low, and experts warn their continued depletion could damage the underground caverns where the reserves are stored.

Opinion

Is the massive investment in artificial intelligence creating a catastrophic economic bubble? In this episode of “Make It Make Sense,” Damir Marusic sits down with Impact Theory co-founder Tom Bilyeu to break down the risks of AI-driven debt, shadow banking and fast-depreciating GPU hardware. They examine how an AI market correction could ignite political extremism, critique U.S. fiscal policy under President Donald Trump and discuss what it will take to rebuild the American middle class.

US tech stock correction likely, warn ECB economists

Boom-bust pattern could become ‘question of financial stability’ for euro area, central bank team writes in blog post