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Surprises in store….

The month of January has been a wake-up call for complacent equity investors. From the peaks of last year stock indices in the major markets have fallen 10-20%, give or take. On their own, these falls could be read as…

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This is not 2008 – at least not for gold

This is not 2008 – at least not for gold What a difference a month makes. As the market reassess growth and asset prices under renewed volatility – and with a more passive response from Central Banks thus far – the…

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Dealing Desk: Clients Supporting Gold

This week has seen clients supporting gold and platinum whilst selling silver and palladium. GoldMoney's clients have been buying into the Singapore and Canadian vaults again. There has also been more buy orders into…

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Out of the mouths of babes....

Parents will tell you the most difficult questions to answer sometimes come from their children. Here are some apparently innocent questions to ask of economists, journalists, financial commentators and central bankers,…

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Market Report: Silver’s rollercoaster

Our headline chart says it all. The first two weeks of 2016 have been volatile for precious metals, with gold ending up 2.3% and silver exactly unchanged by this morning (Friday) European time. All markets have been…

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Austrians get (some) mainstream credibility

Well, well: who would have believed it. First the Bank for International Settlements comes out with a paper that links credit booms to the boom-bust business cycle, then Britain's Adam Smith Institute publishes a paper…

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