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The Science Behind Why Gold Still Shines

The Science Behind Why Gold Still Shines

This week, The New Scientist reported that scientists may finally know why gold stays so shiny, which is the sort of discovery that feels almost comically late given how long human beings have been obsessing over the stuff. After several thousand years of digging it out of the ground, melting it down, hoarding it, fighting […]
The World Is Running Out of Its “Shock Absorber”

The World Is Running Out of Its “Shock Absorber”

Earlier this week my colleagues and I spent some time discussing a pretty worrying JP Morgan chart, published as part of a wider Bloomberg article. It shows total visible oil inventories, measured in billions of barrels, but the picture it paints is one of an uncomfortable truth.  As the Bloomberg article recalls, oil inventories surged […]
India’s Government Just Taxed Gold & Silver

India’s Government Just Taxed Gold & Silver

Earlier this week, India, the world’s second-largest gold market, raised import duties on gold and silver. This comes only days after Prime Minister Modi asked Indians to stop buying gold for a year, in an effort to protect the rupee and conserve foreign exchange. First, the government asked citizens not to buy gold, as Jan […]
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