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Lance Nelson / Getty Images An asset bubble occurs when the price of an asset, such as stocks, bonds, real estate, or commodities, rises rapidly without the underlying fundamentals to justify the ...

The rush toward gold makes financial sense, experts said. The asset offers investors a hedge against uncertain stock ...

Gold prices surpassed the $3,000 an ounce threshold for the first time in history on March 14 as investors moved into the safe-haven asset amid mounting uncertainty over the economy.

Transparency and technological advances have potentially made asset prices more "informationally efficient, which, in turn, helps with the transmission of monetary policy," he added. But it's not ...

Prices hit a record $3,005 before paring those gains a bit to just under $3,000. Jason Hollands, managing director at Evelyn Partners, a UK wealth manager, described the yellow metal as “the panic ...

Jefferson said research suggests the automated analysis of the Fed’s communication, along with automated trading, had increased how quickly information is incorporated into asset prices.