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Demand for the precious metal is being spurred by trade tensions and slowing global growth
Reserves managers around the world are trying to trim exposure to the US dollar
Price war escalates in precious metals markets
The non-transparent and actively managed ETFs that are luring asset managers. Plus: the rush into marijuana funds; bond investors weigh the merits of ETFs; a China-Japan ‘feeder’ fund scheme; and the struggle to get through to retail investors
Rising precious metals prices are luring criminals to target catalytic converters which use platinum, palladium or rhodium
Shares drop on news Andrew Pardey to leave after 12 years at company
With stocks running low, it is difficult to see where further supplies will come from
Yellow metal provides a useful indication of economic expectations
Like Brexit, the start-up has its practical and philosophical defects
Backers included Conservative MP Steve Baker and Berenberg’s investment banking head
US bank’s head of precious metals who sat on bullion market association board was indicted in the US
Companies report uptick in private investors moving physical holdings out
US prosecutors allege ‘massive, multiyear scheme’ to defraud customers
Fears 6-year price highs will stoke repeat of previous boom’s doomed investments
Small-caps rise the most since 2016, while defensives fall out of favour
Soaring price of the yellow metal prompts launch of new investment product
Precious metal has rallied after big purchases from central banks, including China’s
Group in the market for high-grade mines to feed new processing plant
Institution founded under Alfred the Great more than 1,100 years ago responds to investor demand
Holdings of the yellow metal are at their highest level since 2013
State-run newspaper on the process of rebalancing.
The divorce of the US and Chinese economies will affect everything in your portfolio
Demand for the metal wanes as savvy investors eye stocks and bonds for higher returns
