For gold prices to be strong alongside equities is unusual. Higher stock prices usually mean a risk-on environment, whereas gold demand often picks up when investors seek a safe haven.

“Having behaved ‘normally’ over the summer, gold has slipped back into anti-traditional-driver mode in recent weeks,” wrote David Oxley, chief climate and commodities economist at Capital ...

They come in various forms, including traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and gold IRAs. As mentioned above, a gold IRA allows investors to stash their money in gold or other precious metals.

Young Chinese spurn traditional investments in favour of gold By Casey Hall and Amy Lv December 5, 20233:20 PM PSTUpdated December 5, 2023 ...

The chart above, which I made, compares bitcoin with a selection of traditional assets, including gold, bonds, Microsoft MSFT +0.6% stocks, and the S&P 500, from the 2008 Financial Crisis to 2023.

The city of Kanazawa produces most of Japan's fine gold leaf, but there aren't enough young people to take over the craft. The same situation is playing out for small family businesses across Japan.