Amid widespread economic turmoil, the price of gold has soared to levels never seen before. Gold futures surpassed the $3,000 per troy ounce for the first time this week. The price to buy gold on the spot market in New York is following closely behind. Interest in buying gold can rise sharply in times of
Image source: Getty Images Since 2025, it seems UK shares are off to a good start, with the flagship FTSE 100 index up by almost 5%. Yet, not every British enterprise has had a great time of late. In fact over the last six months, there have been some pretty heavy losses incurred by some
Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks generally delivered outstanding gains to investors in 2023 and 2024, but due to factors outside their control, this year is turning out to be a more challenging one for them. Investors have shifted into risk-off mode of late due to the nascent trade war that was triggered by U.S. tariffs, which
Intel’s decision to hire a little-known semiconductor dealmaker as its chief executive has cheered investors who want an outsider to turn around the troubled chipmaker. The US group announced on Wednesday that Lip-Bu Tan, who joined Intel’s board in 2022 but resigned last year, had been chosen to replace Pat Gelsinger. Wall Street welcomed the
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London CNN — Gold prices reached $3,000 an ounce for the first time in history Friday, boosted by demand for safe-haven assets as investors fret about President Donald Trump’s tariffs and geopolitics. Prices hit a record $3,005 before paring those gains to trade at $2,994 at 9.04 a.m. ET. Jason Hollands, managing director at Evelyn
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is founder and chief executive of asset manager Capstone Investment Advisors It was only a matter of time before mixed signals on policy in the US would translate into higher volatility. When trade
The world’s most widely followed stock-market benchmark slid into a correction on Thursday, a drop that underscores how the two-year-long bull market is running out of steam in the early days of the Trump administration. The move stems from investors’ growing pessimism about the whipsawing policy pronouncements from Washington over the past few weeks. On-again,
The world’s most widely followed stock-market benchmark slid into a correction Thursday, a drop that underscores how the two-year-long bull market is running out of steam in the early days of the Trump administration. The move stems from investors’ growing pessimism about the whipsawing policy pronouncements from Washington over the past few weeks. On-again, off-again