Zinc sinks – will it recover soon?

Gold has risen more than 60% this year to over $4,300 per ounce. In doing so, it has transformed the outlook for the gold-mining industry after years plagued by post-pandemic supply chain snarl-ups, a

I repeatedly come back to this subject because I think it is one of the most important yet overlooked issues in global finance. The geopolitical ramifications are enormous. Something that the Trump ad

Nothing can stop silver, it seems. Not even the $50-an-ounce mark. The price of $50/oz is the all-time high for silver. It reached that level in 1980, then again in 2011, but it’s never been able to g

Gold succumbed to gravity this week. After a phenomenal surge – almost 30% in two months – it slipped by 6.3% on Tuesday, the biggest daily fall since 2013 (see page 4). Good. As gold bugs we like to

After World War II, America and its allies put in place a set of alliances, institutions and power structures to rebuild war-ravaged countries, create geopolitical stability and generate global econom

“History is just one f**king thing after another,” declares a vulgar schoolboy in Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys. Surveying the past 25 years can feel the same way. From Iraq to the euro crisis