Gold Up Against Muted Dollar, Investors Await More US Data

In Asia, the physical gold was sold at a discount last week in India due to the surging COVID-19 cases which led to strict restrictions and kept investors away.

“The pandemic situation in Japan and India remains a key concern among market participants, so that’s driving up the demand for safe-haven assets, including gold,” said Margaret Yang, a strategist at DailyFX, adding that retreating U.S.

The dollar clung to a recent bounce on Monday as investors made a cautious start to a week crammed with central bank meetings and big-ticket U.S.

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While the administration’s plan remains in its infancy and is sure to face intense scrutiny from lawmakers in the months ahead, even an incremental hike in the capital-gains rate would likely spur further ETF usage, according to David Perlman, an ETF strategist at UBS Global Wealth Management.“If capital gains tax rates are going to be higher, if you have a choice of a structure that helps to defer capital gains and gives you more control over when to recognize those gains, you’d be more inclined to go in that direction,” Perlman said.When an investor exits a mutual fund, the fund’s manager must sell securities to raise cash for the redemption.

We’re seeing very substantial inflation.” Rapidly rising prices are viewed with concern by investors as they can eat into returns, drive up interest rates and potentially cause long-term damage to the economy and living standards by eroding the value of workers’ wages.

I think I should say modestly that I think the whole damned development is disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization, and I’ll leave the criticism to others.” To which Buffett responded, “I’m all right on that one!” Earlier in February, Munger had said that trading cryptocurrencies is “just dementia” and that the price of Bitcoin was far too volatile to be a mainstream medium of exchange.

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