Brent crude oil has already climbed about 12% this year to trade at its highest level since 2014.
Russian ownership of US Treasury bonds dropped from $US96.1 billion in March to an 11-year low of $US14.9 billion in May, the latest Treasury figures show. The Treasury on Tuesday released a list of the top 33 national investors in its bonds. Russia, once in the top 10, was absent. […]
A London gold store saw a 253% increase in physical sales last month compared with the same period last year. The news comes as heightened global tensions have created uncertain financial markets. The gold store’s CEO, Ross Norman, said: “Gold has a record as a long term wealth preserver for […]
Geopolitical risk is the biggest fear in markets right now, according to a Barclays survey of over 700 institutional clients. The firm says it’s a combination of developments on the Korean peninsula, tensions with Russia, political turmoil in Saudi Arabia, Brexit, and less predictability in US foreign policy. Sometimes there’s […]
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