Has gold lost its function as a safe haven in times of crisis? Many investors may be asking themselves this question. Given concern over another potential euro crisis, some central banks’ ongoing quantitative easing – …
Summer is usually quiet for markets, but I wonder if we might look back and see this week – Tuesday in particular – as a turning point. It may well mark the day when the …
A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Daniel Koller of BB Biotech selects three biotech plays. Investors have a vast array of markets and sectors to choose from, but biotechnology …
MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to the best of this week’s share tips from the rest of the UK’s financial pages. Three to buy Gear4music Shares This York-based firm is the largest UK-based online musical instruments seller. …
There’s a sad story in The Times this week of the fate of the sailors on the Dutch East India Company ship, Rooswijk. It sank off the coast of Kent in 1740, and its recent …
US president Donald Trump has publicly criticised the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate increases. “I’m not thrilled,” Trump told CNBC. He complained that Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s plans for more interest-rate increases risk upsetting the booming economy. …
Two professional investors tell us where they’d put their money. Matt Tonge and Victoria Stevens of the Liontrust UK Smaller Companies Fund pick Aim-listed firms that will survive Brexit turmoil. With Brexit looming, a key …
A landmark ruling last week could help many more people qualify for pension benefits. The Supreme Court found that it was unlawful for an opposite-sex couple to be barred from entering into a civil partnership, …
Irascible and capricious, Donald Trump would trigger a series of geopolitical crises and give gold, widely viewed as a safe haven, a boost – or so many investors assumed. Yet “remarkably, after all the excitement” …
The “explosive, potential energy” of a huge “head-and-shoulders bottom” base is signalling a $1,000 move higher in gold prices, Jeffrey Gundlach, the founder of DoubleLine Capital, said last week at a New York event, reports Reuters. …