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Dealing Desk: Gold Soars to New Heights

Goldmoney Wealth clients have been net buying gold this week, jumping at the opportunity to get in on upward price movements. Clients have favoured vaults in Zurich and London, and have shown less preference for the…

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Market Report: Attrition for the bears

Since President Trump won the Presidency, the dollar has risen strongly, but doubts are now entering investor’s minds. In the first three days of this week, precious metal prices rose, before running into a minor…

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Gini and monetary policy

Or how central bankers are ducking the wealth transfer issue Central banks must be increasingly aware that critics of monetary policy are getting some traction in their arguments, that not only have monetary policies…

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Price controls and propaganda

Most economists agree on one thing; price controls do not work. Many go on to say they create shortages of goods, which inevitably drives black market prices even higher than they would otherwise be. Price controls were…

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Global trade update

The easy pattern of prolonged trade negotiations has been rudely interrupted by President Trump. Europe The easy pattern of prolonged trade negotiations has been rudely interrupted by President Trump. Even before he had…

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