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Discover the first episode of “À l'Orée de l'Éco”, our new podcast presented by Tom Benoit. France's economic situation is worrying. Public debt exceeds €3,1 trillion, and market confidence could be shaken if the ECB explicitly supports France.

The price of gold in euros has just broken an all-time record! An ounce of gold is now worth €2,300, double the price it was five years ago. Gold is soaring while oil is plummeting. Meanwhile, the Chinese economy is slowing at a rate not seen since the last financial crisis.

Gold is world-renowned for its physical properties, but it is also in great demand for its financial qualities. Most of the world's major asset managers and central banks hold gold, while a large proportion of the public remains unaware of the benefits of the golden metal. In financial theory, go...

Against the stagflationary backdrop and the start of a new cycle of defaults in the United States, gold is logically attracting new buyers.

The gold price, with its string of record highs, tells us that we are on the verge of seeing the detonator of this new inflationary phase. Gold is warning us that we are on the brink of another Fed monetary policy error.

Quantitative easing (QE) stabilizes the economy during times of crisis but exacerbates inequalities by benefiting wealthier households more, while the purchasing power of the middle and lower classes stagnates or declines.

Confirmation of a recession, triggered by an increase in defaults in the country, heralds gold's future outperformance of the classic 60/40 portfolio. This is probably when gold will begin to attract Western investors in a significant way.

China is once again causing concern among analysts. Fears of a deflationary wave originating in China are weighing on commodities and stimulating the accumulation of positions in gold ETFs.

In just a few days, the global financial system found itself in deep trouble. Summer's calm and carefree mood almost made us forget that the global economy has been on a razor's edge for years. In just three weeks, over $6 trillion in stock market value has evaporated, despite the lull of recent...

August began with a financial earthquake in Japan. The Nikkei experienced a "Black Friday" with a drop of almost -15%. It all began when the Bank of Japan (BoJ) decided to raise rates at its last meeting, ending the negative rate policy with a rise to 0.25%.