There’s a belief so common I’d call it financial folklore: when the world looks dangerous, gold goes up. Conflict breaks out, and gold rises, because gold is safety and fear sends people running toward it. I believed this myself for years. This week, the market quietly proved it’s more complicated than that — and I […]
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Gold wobbled. Crypto slid. But the money didn’t vanish — it moved. Following it is more useful than mourning it. Can I admit something slightly embarrassing? Early in my investing life, I sold a perfectly good, boring holding to pile into the exciting thing everyone at the time was breathless about. I don’t need to
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Gold had its worst quarter in over a decade. I bought a little more. Here’s the honest reason why. Can I tell you about the first time I bought gold? I did it badly. A headline shouted at me, I bought near the top, and for a glorious fortnight I felt like a genius. Then
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