Investors have focused on a surge in record gold prices, but silver rose roughly 25% in July, the metal’s second-highest recorded monthly gain, and is still undervalued compared to the yellow metal. “Silver is often called ‘poor man’s gold’ because some of the same factors that drive gold prices up …
Read More »Gold has no role in wealth client portfolio, says Goldman’s manager
Do not believe the exaggeration. That’s the message from Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, director of private wealth management investments at Goldman Sachs, who thinks gold is too expensive and doesn’t have a clear role in the portfolios of his private clients. Our view is that gold is only appropriate if you have …
Read More »How Apple’s stock split will change hierarchical order in the 124-year-old Dow
Apple Inc. is planning a 4-for-1 stock split and has major implications for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, of which it is a key component. The iPhone maker announced Thursday that its board approved the stock split. The division will affect registered owners beginning August 24 and Apple AAPL shares, …
Read More »Stocks drop sharply, drop nearly 500 points after grim jobless claims, worst GDP reading ever recorded
US stocks traded lower on Thursday, chased by economic reports that showed the sharpest decline in GDP recorded in the second quarter and a weekly report of jobless claims suggesting that the rebound of the pandemic is losing steam. amid a further increase in COVID-19 cases. Lack of progress in …
Read More »European stocks and Dow futures are trading lower amid earnings deluge and worries about slow recovery
Shell Oil Refinery at Pulau Bukom off Singapore on July 16, 2020. Roslan Rahman / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks traded lower on Thursday on the busiest day of the second-quarter earnings season, with growing concerns about a slow economic recovery and a possible second wave of the …
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