Friday Briefing: There's no such thing as a safe haven in markets

'Gold has historically touted this title'

Eve Maddock-Jones
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While it has been half term, this week has been full of some heavy news which, personally, sent me on the quarterly ‘what does it all mean?’ ‘everything is on fire’ thought spiral.

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