How to play the surge in the silver price

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 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

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

I have long been keen on gold for my own portfolio (at MoneyWeek we like to put our money where our mouth is), but my first investment in the yellow metal was not a success. At the age of seven I was

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