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Peter Elston
- Jul 22, 2022
- 5 min
Is Gold Still Precious?
The outlook for gold in the context of its long-term price trend
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Peter Elston
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
Growing Pains
I remember feeling extremely honoured when I was invited four years ago to write this column. It seemed to me to be a great opportunity.
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Peter Elston
- Jun 1, 2020
- 4 min
Gold is No Longer for Fools
As many will know from bitter experience, a crisis often has two stages. The first is the crisis itself, whether a natural disaster that...
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Peter Elston
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
Gold Is Not What You Think It Is
The term “gold bug” has been popularised in recent decades as a reference to ardent fans of gold investment. The almost imperceptible...
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Peter Elston
- Nov 1, 2015
- 4 min
Why Gold is a Poor Investment and Doesn't Always Hold its Value
What role should gold play in a portfolio? Should it be considered an investment, a store of value (money), or as insurance? "Although...
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Peter Elston
- Jul 1, 2013
- 7 min
Back to Basics: The Foundations of Multi-Asset Investing
The concept of multi-asset investing is not new, based as it is on allocating across various asset classes, such as equities, fixed...
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Peter Elston
- Nov 1, 2008
- 4 min
Is Cash Really King?
On October 17 Warren Buffett wrote in The New York Times that “equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade,...
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