By SIMON CONSTABLE
When Germany’s economy appeared to be on a pandemic-pushed brink earlier this year, its government gave companies cash to keep employees on the payroll. Now, with the virus looking less threatening, some thought the helping hand might be removed. That wasn’t quite what happened. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Investors are poised to pump an additional $2-3 trillion money into the gold market in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, experts say.
That could mean a surge in the price of gold, such as that held in the SPDR Gold Shares exchange-traded fund, could surge by at least 30%.
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By SIMON CONSTABLE
Two different diseases on two different continents are set to leave the world without enough pigs to fulfill the demand for pork and other related meats. That, in turn, should cause a rally in the price of lean hogs over the next few weeks. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Investors have gone bonkers for gold lately, and some see the bull run continuing.
Those who invested in bullion, such as the metal held by the SPDR Gold Shares GLD exchange-traded fund, have done well. But those who picked mining companies, especially the smaller ones, did even better. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
If anyone is looking for bad economic news these days, it’s not too hard to find. In the United States and Europe, gross domestic product numbers this past quarter were stunningly bad, perhaps none more than the 20% or so fall the United Kingdom is expected to report this week.
But that was last quarter. According to some little-noticed results, the all-too-critical manufacturing sector appears to have turned the corner. During July the factory sector grew in the US and in all three of Europe’s largest economies. Indeed, under one well-followed metric, the US, the UK, Germany, and France show that all four countries are now in “expansion” territory—after months of being in contraction from the pandemic earlier this year. “I am quite optimistic that this is for real,” says Yannick Binvel, Korn Ferry’s president of global industrial markets. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Gold investors should brace themselves for weeks more of market whiplash. In other words, if the recent volatility in the price of bullion has your stomach churning and your eyes twitching with anxiety, you’re gonna need to get used to it fast. Read more here.