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Gold still shining

May 27, 2021 By Steve Land

While gold is valued for a variety of reasons, the uncertainty and economic fallout tied to the COVID-19 pandemic saw investment drive the price of the yellow metal to record highs in 2020. Equities related to the sector also saw solid investor interest, but as optimism around an economic recovery has grown, gold has lost some lustre thus far in 2021. Gold suffered its … [Read more...] about Gold still shining

Golden Years

October 29, 2020 By Ned Naylor-Neyland

Where previously gold was a quirky ‘alternative’ asset class, potential flow is approaching the sector from all quarters. Global bond and cash holders are looking at gold as a way of diversifying and protecting purchasing power. In this sense, the scope for pension funds to participate lurks like an elephant in the room. Meanwhile, global equity investors are surveying an … [Read more...] about Golden Years

Gold hits record high – is it overvalued?

July 30, 2020 By James Luke

Even as it reaches new highs, we don’t think it’s time to grow concerned about the price of gold, or gold equities. Here’s why. The gold price has been rising steadily and on Monday (27 July) hit an all-time high of $1,944/oz, beating its previous record high of $1,922 from 2011. Chart 1: The gold price since 1970 ($/oz) Source: Bloomberg, Schroders, July … [Read more...] about Gold hits record high – is it overvalued?

Gold: a barbarous relic?

July 30, 2019 By Alistair Meadows

The phrase above dates back from John Maynard Keynes’ from his book, “A Tract on Monetary Reform” written in 1923. Since then, debate has turned on whether Gold is a store of value or just another commodity. Until recently however, the debate looked settled; the price has spent nearly a decade going down from a high above $2000 to around $1100 in December 2015 [1]. Still, the … [Read more...] about Gold: a barbarous relic?

The case for Gold in a diversified investment portfolio

May 31, 2018 By George Milling-Stanley

While gold has traditionally been seen as a tactical way to help preserve wealth during market corrections, times of geopolitical stress or persistent dollar weakness, we think there is a case to be made for gold as a core diversifying asset with a long-term strategic role in multi-asset portfolios. The expanding universe of investable asset classes and the relative ease of … [Read more...] about The case for Gold in a diversified investment portfolio

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