A year ago, Bitcoin’s future seemed assured. Donald Trump returned as President of the United States and presented himself as the crypto industry’s greatest ally. Expectations were [...]
Friday, 30 January 2026, was a remarkable day on the precious metals markets. Gold futures fell by 11%, silver futures by as much as 31%. For silver, this was the largest decline since March [...]
The dollar’s development depends on many factors, but financial markets do not always assign the same weight to them. Which factor is decisive often only becomes clear in retrospect. Take 2001: [...]
President Trump wants to buy Greenland. Or take it over. Or, if necessary, conquer it by military force. What began as a bizarre statement during his first term has now grown into a serious [...]
A year ago, most investors and analysts agreed on the US dollar. They assumed that the dollar would remain strong in 2025, supported by superior US growth, rising yields and its safe-haven [...]
The last time Japan’s policy rate was as high as 0.75% was in 1995. Thirty years later, the Bank of Japan has reached that same threshold again. Governor Kazuo Ueda raised the policy [...]
Gold offers protection against extreme scenarios. So extreme that it makes no sense to invest in gold in the same way as other asset classes. The actual value of gold only becomes apparent during [...]
The consensus in financial markets is overwhelmingly in favour of a weaker dollar due to the upcoming Fed interest rate cuts. While interest rates in the United States are falling, they are [...]
According to the White House, the 90-day pause on import tariffs is part of a carefully thought-out strategy, but Trump himself said he only decided on this change of course on Wednesday morning, [...]
The summer palms of Mar-a-Lago sway in the gentle breeze while a new chapter in global financial history may be written in the stately halls of this ‘Southern White House’. Forty years after the [...]
