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Should You Invest in Gold? What 500 Years of Prices Actually Say
Gold hit a record just under $5,600 in January 2026, then fell 29% by June. Five centuries of price history explain why, and why the usual inflation-hedge argument…
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Gold Price History: What 500 Years Actually Tells You About Owning Gold
Gold has not been one investment over five centuries. It has been three. For 214 years it had no price at all, then it became a bet on…
Why Shares Hit Records While Bitcoin Halved
Share markets are at record highs. Bitcoin is worth roughly half what it was last October. The reason is not that people have gone off crypto. It is…
Australian Private Credit: Monthly Liquidity, Two-Year Buildings
Australia's A$250 billion private credit market is facing its first real test. The problem is not credit quality. It is funds offering monthly liquidity against loans repaid only…
The US-Japan yen intervention: what actually happened
The joint US–Japan yen intervention of late July 2026 is best understood as a defence of the US Treasury market rather than a rescue of the Japanese currency.…
Fed interest rate outlook 2026: Why We Now Expect Zero to One Hike in 2026
Fed interest rate outlook 2026 The Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate at 3.50%-3.75% in July, but the decision was not a neutral pause. Three policymakers voted…
The AI investment cycle is entering a more demanding phase
The AI Boom Is Becoming a Balance-Sheet Test For much of the artificial intelligence boom, capital expenditure was interpreted as a signal of strength. The companies buying the…
Asia Private Credit’s Fundraising Slump Is Not the Same as an Opportunity Slump
Asia private credit Asia private credit fundraising has collapsed to its weakest level in more than a decade, but a fall in capital raised is not evidence that…
Private Credit PIK Loans Were Underwritten for a Rate Cut. The Market Is Now Pricing a Hike.
Private credit PIK loans are increasingly created by amendment rather than at origination, and almost all of those amendments were underwritten on the assumption that interest rates would…
When the Price of Intelligence Falls: What Cheap Chinese AI Would Mean for US Growth
The Fear, Stated Plainly Cheap open-weight Chinese AI models are unlikely to cause a US recession by destroying subscription revenue. That channel is too small. The genuine risk…
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