In a world going to hell, investors are flocking to gold. Australia could have had much more of it
So far this month Donald Trump has ordered a military incursion into Venezuela and the capture of its leader, announced he is ready to “take” Greenland, warned Cuba, Colombia and Mexico they too are in his sights and told the New York Times that the only thing holding him back is his “own morality”. He’s now ordered the justice department to open an investigation into the head of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, all the while appearing to fall asleep during meetings.
Unsurprisingly this has led to a fair degree of investor skittishness. Uncertainty is the watchword, given the biggest economy in the world is being run by a somnolent autocrat who is the pettiest grudge holder in world history.
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