Flight to safety: What are the prospects for traditional ‘safe havens’?
Following equity and bond market volatility in April, what are the prospects for traditional ‘safe haven’ assets?
Gold
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Trump’s Goldfinger moment
Mr Bond Market is thwarting Donald Trump’s tariff plans – and he has taken a shine to gold manipulation too, writes Trium Capital’s Toby Hayes
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ii: Money market fund purchases up 77% in April as investors flock to safety
Most investors fled volatile markets in the wake of Trump’s tariff, but others took advantage of depressed US valuations
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Macro matters: The big deal
Will a US/Ukraine mineral deal ultimately act as a stimulus or inject yet more volatility into an already fraught global commodity market?
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Schroders: Is gold the new dollar?
Investors flocked to the safety of gold rather than the US dollar amid recent volatility as Trump rewrites the global monetary regime
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Gold soars, tech slumps: What happened in markets in March?
Eight of the top 10 funds for the month were gold and precious metals funds
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Gold passes $3,000 for first time – can it keep climbing?
Market uncertainty is pushing gold to new highs, with elevated investor demand ‘likely to persist’
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Four views: Diversifying the diversifiers
Portfolio Adviser asks four experts to share what they expect will be the most attractive diversifiers for the year ahead
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Gold funds surge in January as tariff fears mount
Precious metal funds topped the charts while India funds tanked
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Is the gold price rally about to end?
The asset class has been hit by uncertainty, despite performing well for the majority of 2024
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Mind Money: Why China will transform the global commodity market in 2025
China’s economy sways commodity markets, so a rapid slowdown of growth is likely to upend global dynamics, writes Igor Isaev
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Knacke’s money maps: Shine on?
In his monthly column, Ernst Knacke, head of research at Shard Capital, looks at whether gold is overvalued