By SIMON CONSTABLE
It’s with great sadness that I learned Tuesday morning that Nigel Lawson died Monday. He was the force of nature that helped unleash the country’s latent capitalist instincts during the 1980s after decades of a post-WWII flirtation with socialism. The latter was an economic disaster. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Gold prices took a tumble in February after investors pulled almost $2 billion from bullion-backed exchange-traded funds, new research shows.
Still, the recent tension in the banking system has helped steady the market for the yellow metal. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
After more than nine months of waiting, the much-heralded U.S. recession may actually happen. Still, it's not guaranteed. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Expectations of an unusually hot and dry summer, combined with the impact of the war in Ukraine, will likely send wheat prices surging by around 20% from current levels as early as April, experts say.
“Drought will return and hurt spring wheat, not only in the U.S. but other places,” says Shawn Hackett, president of Hackett Financial Advisors, in Boca Raton. That, in turn, could lift prices. Read more here.
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