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Issue of the week: the great gold run ...

Is gold the trade of the decade? The yellow metal has soared 40% this year in US dollar terms, making more than 30 successive record highs along the way. It has gained 135% since January 2020, outstri

More investors are jumping on the Gold Express. In an interview for CNBC, “Bond king” Jeffrey Gundlach said a quarter of the “perfect portfolio” would be in gold and predicts the price will hit $4,000

“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” So said a character in one of Ian Fleming’s short stories in 1960. He was wrong then – or, was he, as so

Precious metal is already up over 40% this year but some think the momentum can be maintained

Would you buy a 40-year bond from Oracle? No, neither would I. If, as Lenin said, there are weeks when decades happen, then anything could change in 40 years. In 1985, IBM and General Electric were tw