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Gold rises from the dead

Breakfast with Benjamin: A dead asset no longer, gold shines bright above its 200-day moving average for the first time in five months.

  • Gold shines bright above its 200-day moving average for the first time in five months. For that, and the rosier outlook for the precious metal, you can thank the lackluster U.S. economy. A dead asset no longer
  • As trading continues to replace investing, ETFs might be the safest bet for both investors and traders. Avoiding the liquidity trap
  • A hedge fund’s stock purchase using bitcoin is more than a novel concept. This is real change. A “very interesting experiment”
  • Blackstone and the black hole of undisclosed fees. ‘Follow the fees’

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