* Guest: Bryan Rust, Over the past 50 years, Rust Coins has been working to educate customers about precious metals – RustCoinAndGift.com

* Honest Money Report: Gold – $2038.50 Silver – $22.48.

* Tucker Carlson to Release Highly Anticipated Interview with Vladimir Putin Today at 6 PM ET – TheGatewayPundit.com

* McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said Monday that the ridiculously overpriced menu is turning off customers, and seemed to promise to focus on increasing affordability throughout 2024.

* Data suggests that low-income customers — those making less than $45,000 a year — have pretty much stopped going to McDonald’s, according to the New York Post.

Various people have called out franchisees for their extortionate prices, including one in Connecticut who charged $7.29 for an Egg McMuffin, and $5.69 for a side of hash browns.

* Americans, I’m Begging You — Please Start Eating Normal-Sized Portions Of Food.

* Super Bowl Price Tag: $9,859. – Shannon Sims.

Priceline estimates the average cost of one night in a Vegas hotel room is $376.

* Ford lost billions of dollars on its electric vehicle (EV) product lines last year, according to corporate documents – The company lost $4.7 billion on EVs in 2023, a greater loss than the $4.5 billion the company expected it would lose in 2023 at mid-year, according to a summary of the company’s annual earnings.

Ford sold 72,608 EVs in 2023, meaning that the company lost nearly $65,000 on each EV that it sold. The company is expecting to lose between $5 billion and $5.5 billion on its EV products in 2024, according to the earnings document.

* Mexico Bests China In Imports To the US – The United States bought more goods from Mexico than China in 2023 for the first time in 20 years.