Gold has long been hailed as a reliable hedge against inflation and a stable harbour when markets get stormy. Its movements are typically slow, steady and measured annually as opposed to monthly or weekly. However, the yellow metal has had quite an unusual year.
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For a traditionally more reserved instrument like gold, any gains are usually modest and well spaced over time. The yellow metal's more than doubling in price over the past 18 months has taken the market somewhat by surprise, to say the least.
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After a bit of a blip in April following President Trump's unprecedented tariff spree, the US stock market has been on a seemingly unstoppable surge to ever-new heights.
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It's been a seemingly endless bull cycle for the original cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is now up a full 670% from its December 2022 low of around $16,000, and the total market cap of crypto has at last surpassed $4 trillion.