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Gold is a good option if you are feeling uncertainty about the market.

‘It will never go to zero’: Just how safe is it to invest in gold?

Gold is generally considered a safe haven asset. But with the tumultuous state of the world, just how safe is it really?

  • Dan F Stapleton

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Sydneysider and FinTok influencer AJ Clores. “These are the moments you kind of wish for,” he says of this week’s market volatility.

‘Buy buy buy’: Market volatility sparks retail investor frenzy

Questions about the length of the war and severity of oil shortages have made for a volatile market, but a chunk of Australian investors are excited by the opportunity.

  • Elias Visontay
Tigers’ Russian coal mining operations border the tiny Indigenous community of Beringovsky in Siberia.

Police dig into the case of the Australian miner and the Kremlin ‘slush fund’

A little-known Melbourne company bankrolled by rich-listers is at the centre of Australia’s first criminal investigation into Russian sanction breaches.

  • Sherryn Groch
Wall Street edged into the green in early afternoon trade.

War concerns weigh on ASX as airlines, retail and mining stocks fall

Investors head to the exits amid fears the Iran war will drag on, clogging the flow of oil, disrupting global transport and worsening inflation.

  • Staff writers
Ten Cap fund manager Jun Bei Liu, says a massive rotation from Aussie software stocks to miners and banks have contributed to the unprecedented earnings season volatility.

Volatility the new normal for investors – and not just because of AI concerns

Record sharemarket highs weren’t the focus for investors when earnings season ended; it was the massive volatility hidden beneath the market’s overall gains.

  • Colin Kruger
ABC Bullion’s Jordan Eliseo believes gold’s bull market is still on very solid legs and has some way to go.

‘Volatility is normal. Price collapse is not’: Gold’s record run and sharp fall

Crypto, central banks, retirees, high-vis and city workers are buying into gold boom as the yellow metal reshapes the ASX.

  • Simon Johanson
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Spending on data centres is exploding thanks to AI.

The critical question hanging over the $7.3 trillion AI bonanza

As spending on artificial intelligence surges, the history of massive technology booms suggests it’s often a rocky path for investors.

  • Clancy Yeates
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Simple ways to build good money habits

If you want to be more consistent with your money this year, try to nail down how you’ll go about it before setting a goal of how much you want to save or invest.

  • Dominic Powell
Australia has slipped down the ranks of the most economically competitive countries.

Australians have become less competitive – and we’re paying the price

Tall poppy syndrome and our isolation from the rest of the world might be dampening our growth. It’s time to find our competitive streak.

  • Millie Muroi
Donald Trump’s approach to the international game of diplomatic poker is hardly subtle. Smart investors have called his bluff.

Team TACO cashes in as Trump folds again

Smart investors saw the bluff and called it, benefiting from yet another threat the president has made and not followed through on.

  • Elizabeth Knight